COLD WAR- 1

Q1. Study the extract, and then answer the questions which follow.
I believe that it must be the policy of the United States to support people who are
resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by any outside pressures.
I believe that we must help free peoples to work out their own destiny in their own
way.
President Truman of the USA speaking in March 1947.
He was introducing what became known as the ‘Truman Doctrine’.
(a) What was the ‘Cold War’? [5]
(b) Why did tension between the Soviet Union and the West increase after the Potsdam
Conference? [7]
(c) ‘The main reason for the escalation of the Cold War in the years 1947– 49 was the Berlin
Blockade.’ How far do you agree with this statement? Explain your answer. [8] (Nov’07)
Q2.Study the extract, and then answer the questions which follow.
So far there has been a worrying lack of progress made in the carrying out of the decisions made in the Yalta Conference, particularly those related to Poland.
President Roosevelt writing to Stalin in April 1945.
(a) What was agreed at the Yalta Conference, 1945? [5]
(b) Explain why the Soviet Union blockaded Berlin. [7]
(c) ‘The Soviet Union was to blame for the Cold War.’ How far do you agree with this statement?
Explain your answer. [8] (June ’04)