A Crossroads Resource

Unit XI: Leader of the Free World: 1945-1975

Question/Problem 1: In what ways did the United States and the Soviet Union conduct a "cold war" beginning in 1946?


Major Events of the Cold War

Directions: Using American history textbooks, fill in the chart below. In the left column, describe the actions of the Soviet Union and/or other communist nations that led to the reaction of the United States listed in the right column. Describe the re-actions using textbooks and primary resources.

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Describe the | Describe the reactions
Communist Action | of the United States
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Truman Doctrine (1947)




Marshall Plan (1948)





Berlin Airlift (1948-49)




Creation of NATO (1949)




U.S. enters Korean War (1950)




Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)





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