Document 7: The Division of Berlin
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Which countries controlled zones in Germany after WWII?
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Which country’s zone was Berlin located in? How was Berlin divided?
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Writing: DBQ on The Cold War—Who Caused the Cold War?
Historical Background:
Between 1945 and 1950, the wartime alliance between the United States and the Soviet Union broke down and the Cold War began. For the next 40 years, relations between the two superpowers swung between confrontation and détente. Each tried to increase its worldwide influence and spread its competing economic and political systems. At times during this period the competitors were at the brink of war. How was the Cold War fought?
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Task: Who caused the Cold War? Did the Harry Truman cause the Cold War by threatening the Josef Stalin with nuclear weapons? Did Winston Churchill cause the Cold War with his intolerance for Communism? Did Stalin cause the Cold War by dominating Eastern Europe after World War II? Did the postwar resolutions, plans and policies of the United States and Soviet Union cause the Cold War? You decide—and write a DBQ paragraph that supports your position.
