Cold War Homework Instructions:

Due: _________________

* title your homework sheet COLD WAR ORIGINS: Tense Relations

* go here to access the John D. Clare From Hot War to Cold War site

* familiarize yourself with the terminology (New Words) on the first page.  The links section of this page has plenty of interesting material for extension!!!

* On the 'Berlin' page, answer questions 1-3 in the purple box on your homework sheet.

* Access the Veteran Pilots pages here. On your homework sheet, write ten quiz questions about the veterans and number them 1-10.

* Fill out On your homework sheet a RETRIEVAL CHART like this one:

This crisis / happened because / the results were / and the West reacted by

fill out the chart after reading the information from this link and this link.

* In a short response (one paragraph), write what viewpoint you agree or disagree with and WHY on your homework sheet.

The Americans claimed that Stalin was trying to force the USA out of Berlin, and that the blockade was Russian empire-building in eastern Europe. Stalin, however, claimed that – by introducing the new currency – the USA and Britain had been trying to wreck the east German economy. And he said that the airlift was ‘simply a propaganda move intended to make the cold war worse.’

YOU ARE FINISHED!!