Documents A - H
DBQ:
How did the US conduct foreign affairs with the Soviet Union? Document A: Is This Tomorrow
Unknown. (1947). Is
This Tomorrow: America Under Communism. Catechetical Guild Educational
Society (USA). Printed in U.S.A.
48 pages 1. What is the US perspective on communism according to this magazine cover? 2. Which country do you think made this poster? 2. What type of propaganda is apparent in this image? 3. How does this poster make you feel about giving Communism a try? Document B: Map of East/West Berlin
Map of cold War Berlin: East
Berlin: divided Berlin during Cold War, 1948-1990. Map/Still. Britannica
Online for Kids. Web. 3 Apr. 2014.
<http://kids.britannica.com/comptons/art-54542>.
1. Which countries control west Berlin? 2. Which side of Berlin was larger in square miles? IMPORTANT NOTE: There is a typo on the map. the one that says 403 should have sq. km. by it. 3. What year was Berlin no longer divided? 4. Where on the map would the Berlin Wall be constructed? Document C: Winds of Freedom
Best Estimation
Winds of Freedom (1951). Free Europe Press Cold War Leaflets. NOTE: “There are many ingenious ways being used to part the Iron Curtain: among them, the ballons which the Free Europe Committee has been recently launching into boarder countries (Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria) from the German border. The balloons are typical meteorological instrument-carriers, loaded instead with three pounds of propaganda leaflets each. They burst at 30,000 feet, scattering their contents widely. http://www.psywarrior.com/RadioFreeEurope.html Best estimation 1. What is the cloud doing? 2. What direction are the hot air balloons moving? What do they represent? 3. Which countries are depicted as free? Which countries are not depicted as free? 4. Why do you think the "free" countries are depicted in white & the other countries are depicted in black? What symbolism is usually associated with black/white colors? 5. Which foreign policy goal would the US hope to accomplish in this image? Document D: Face on Map
1. Who is the man depicted on the map?
2. How does East Germany feel as depicted in this cartoon? 3. Which part of Germany is depicted as overbearing? 4. What foreign policy goals and tools can you identify based off of this image? Document E: Hand Shake
1970′s-80′s: US and USSR in Detente
1. That is the title the artist gave this cartoon? 2. Which groups are involved in the hand shake? 3. Which group is participating by their own will? 4. How is the US/Soviet relationship doing according to this cartoon? 5. Which foreign policy tool(s) might be involved in this arrangement? Document F: Soldiers from West Berlin
U.S. forces, in foreground, face East German forces across the newly built Berlin Wall in January 1961. (Photos: Paul Schutzer—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)
1. What are these soldiers looking at? 2. Where are they? 3. Why do they need to be at this location? 4. What might the soldiers on the other side be doing? Document G: Senate Resolution
S.Res. 207 (101st): A resolution welcoming the opening of the Berlin Wall and calling for its complete destruction.
Introduced & Passed:Nov 13, 1989 (101st Congress, 1989–1990) 1. What date was the resolution signed? 2. What is it asking the East German Government to do? Document H: 1989 NBC Coverage
NBC News (November 1989). The Berlin Wall Falls. Retreived from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fK1MwhEDjHg
1. What famous even took place according to this video? 2. What did the Berlin Wall represent in Europe? 3. What concerns might the government in Berlin have the day the wall fell? |