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Causes of the Cold War [BARE]

There were THREE underlying causes of the Cold War, and then a series of events pushed the superpowers into open confrontation.

  

Beliefs

     

Aims

  

Resentment about History

  

Events

  

  

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Beliefs - hints
•   What were the THREE main points where their lifestyles differed?

•   Summarise/quote Truman's main points.

•   WHY did this help to create a confrontation?

Aims - hints
•   Describe the differences in aims after the war.

•   HOW did this help to create a confrontation?

Resentment - hints
•   What were the three key resentments about History?

•   Describe HOW each of these helped to create a confrontation?

Events - hints
•   Do not try to explain how each event helped trigger the Cold War.   Instead, explain how the events as a whole helped to cause the Cold War.

•   Copy the list of events and their dates.

Who was to blame? - hints

•   Briefly describe who historians have blamed over the years.