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SectionA: Source-BasedCaseStudy Question1isforallcandidates. StudytheBackgroundInformationandthesourcescarefully,andthenanswer allthequestions. Youmayuseanyofthesourcestohelpyouanswerthequestions,inadditiontothosesourcesyouaretoldtouse.Inansweringthequestionsyoushoulduseyourknowledgeofthetopictohelpyouinterpretandevaluatethesources. 1 (a) StudySourceA. WhydoyouthinkChurchillgavethisspeech?Explainyouranswer. [5] (b) StudySourceB. HowreliableisthissourceasevidenceaboutSovietinfluenceinEasternEurope?Explainyouranswer. [5] (c) StudySourceC. Howuseful isthissourceasevidenceof whytheColdWarbegan?Explainyouranswer. [6] (d) StudySourcesDandE. Howdifferentarethetwosources?Explainyouranswer. [6] (e) Studyallthesources. ‘Stalin’saggressiveactionswereresponsibleforthestartoftheColdWar.’Howfardothesesourcessupportthisview?Usethesourcesandyourknowledgetoexplainyouranswers. [8] [Turnover

2 DidtheColdWar beginbecauseof Soviet aggression? BACKGROUNDINFORMATION Readthiscarefully.Itmayhelpyouanswersomeofthequestions. AttheendofWorldWarTwo,theUSAandtheUSSRusedtheirvictorytoshapetheworldtobenefitthemselves.Whilebothwantedpeace,thewayswhichtheytriedtoachieveitcausedmisunderstanding,suspicionandultimatelywhatwouldbecomeknownastheColdWar.Keytotheir dispute, wasthequestionof EasternEurope. TheSovietstookactionstheyfelt weremeanttodefendthemselvesfromfutureinvasionsontheirWesternfront.However,thesesameactionswereseenbytheUSasaggressive. WereStalin’sactionsresponsibleforstartingtheColdWar? SourceA: Adapted from Churchill’s speech in Missouri, the hometown of PresidentTruman. 5March1946. TrumanhadinvitedChurchill togivethelectureandattendedit. WarwillnotbepreventedwithoutwhatIcallthefraternal*associationoftheEnglish-speakingpeoples. Thismeansaspecial relationshipbetweenBritainandtheUnitedStates. Thisrequiresthegrowingfriendshipandmutualunderstandingbetweenourtwo[peoples],andthecontinuedcloserelationshipbetweenourmilitaries… AnironcurtainhasdescendedacrosstheContinent.BehindthatlinelieallthecapitalsoftheancientstatesofCentralandEasternEurope.AllthesefamouscitieslieinwhatImustcalltheSovietsphere,andallaresubjectinoneformoranother,notonlytoSovietinfluencebuttoanincreasingmeasureofcontrolfromMoscow. TheCommunistparties,whichwereverysmall,havebeenraisedtopowerfarbeyondtheirnumbersandareseekingeverywheretoobtaintotalitariancontrol.Policegovernmentsarewinninginnearlyeverycase.Thereisnotruedemocracy. *fraternalreferstobrotherhood SourceB: Stalin’sofficialreplytoChurchill’sspeech,March1946. Asaresult of theGermaninvasion, theSoviet Unionhaspermanentlylost…[20millionpeople].Inotherwords,theSovietUnionhaslostinmenseveraltimesmorethanBritainandtheUnitedStatestogether.ItmaybethatsomearetryingtoignorethesacrificesoftheSovietpeoplewhichensuredtheliberationofEuropefromHitler.ButtheSovietUnioncannotforgetthem. Mr.ChurchillwandersaroundthetruthwhenhespeaksofthegrowthoftheinfluenceofthecommunistpartiesinEasternEurope…Thegrowthoftheinfluenceofcommunismcannotbeconsidered an accident. It isanor