USSR and Cold War Practice

ReviewActivity2:HowdidtheUnitedStatesandtheUSSRcausetheColdWartoescalatebetween1945and1955? Name: Class: Date: Instructions: Consolidateyourlearningbyfillinginthetablebelowtheactionsandreactionsofthetwosuperpowersthatworsenedtensions, andthenexplainhoweachaction/reactioncontributedtothedevelopmentoftheColdWar. Usetheexamplebelowasaguide.

KeyEvents DescriptionofKeyEvents ExplanationofitsroleinworseningtensionsorcontributingtothedevelopmentoftheColdWar TheUSSRextendeditsinfluence: CommunisttakeoverofEasternEurope(1945-1949) TheUnitedStatesannouncedtheTrumanDoctrine(March1947onwards)

TheUnitedStatesimplementedtheMarshallPlan(June1947onwards) TheUSSRformedtheCominform(September1947)andComecon(January1949)

TheUSSRimposedtheblockadeonBerlin(1948-1949) FormationofNATO(1949)

FormationofWarsawPact(1955)