Emergence of Bipolarity
Students investigate the ideological differences between the USA and the USSR that led to the breakdown of their wartime alliance. They will trace the division of Europe and the onset of the Cold War.
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Students investigate the ideological differences between the USA and the USSR that led to the breakdown of their wartime alliance. They will trace the division of Europe and the onset of the Cold War.
Key Questions
- Why did the USA and USSR become rivals after WWII?
- What was the Truman Doctrine?
- How did the division of Europe occur?
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