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Berlin Crisis (58-61) and Wall
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With each crisis event we cover, we are tasked with understanding the causes and consequences of the crisis event. Our first crisis is The Berlin Blockade.
Some of these will be read in class. Proceed to the following website that has a host of primary sources related to the Berlin Blockade. Cominform resources (Read: The New International from Le Monde and Communist Information Bureau Resolutions (Nov 1949) Berlin Blockade resources (Read: Statement by Vassili Sokolovsky, The Red Bluff from the Daily Mail, 'Blockade and diplomacy' from Le Monde) As you read, be reminded of the stark ideological differences between the East and West and the growing divide in both ideological grandstanding and economic position. Pull evidence and quotes that support your previous assessment of positions in your one page paper on the Breakdown of the Grand Alliance, that support Kennan's assessment of the Soviet Union, Novikov's assessment of the West, and policies of containment/aggression. Find and watch two YouTube videos that discuss the Berlin Blockade, Berlin Airlift, and conclusion of blockade. (list these resources in a works cited when complete.) You get to make a FlipGrid! Read the directions on the FlipGrid page. After rolling through the powerpoints and reading the documents attached to this post, you will construct a short - 1 page single space max - support one of the following stances on the Breakdown of the Grand Alliance with evidence from the readings.
1) The US attempted to remain on good terms with their allies. It was Soviet suspicion and aggression that caused the break up of the Grand Alliance. 2) The US and Western democracies were as responsible for the breaking up of the Grand Alliance. The US kept holding the USSR to a higher standard of democratic behavior than was practiced in either the US or British colonies. 3) US diplomats allowed the Soviet Union to walk all over them. Had the Americans been tougher with the Soviets, the USSR would have backed down and been far less of a menace to world peace in the future. IB prompts will often include "to what extent were ideological/economic issues at the heart of the Breakdown of the Grand Alliance." When addressing the stance you have taken, keep these thoughts in mind. Atlantic Charter Andrei Vyshinsky Soviet Criticism of Marshall Plan and Truman Doctrine Kennan's Long Telegram Novikov's Assessment of Americans The Marshall Plan Speech Truman Doctrine Iron Curtain Speech |
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