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Crash  Course:  The  Cold  War  #37  

 

 
 
Instructions:  Note  taking  strategies  are  an  essential  part  of  learning.  In  college,  for  example,  students  are  
expected  to  take  notes  while  listening  to  a  lecture  (at  full  speed).  The  strategy  below  is  a  helpful  way  to  take  
notes  and  to  make  sense  of  what  is  being  taught  (adapted  from  the  Cornell  Note  format).  While  watching  the  
video,  please  complete  the  worksheet  (parts  A  &  B).  At  the  end  of  the  video,  please  complete  part  C.    
 
Part  A:  Essential  Vocabulary   Part  B:  Video  Questions  
   
1.     1.  The  Cold  War  lasted  from  roughly  1945  to  ______________.    
   
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  2.  Briefly  explain  the  U.S.  policy  of  containment:    
3.      
   
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  3.  The  Marshall  Plan  “sought  to  use  U.S.  __________  to  combat  the  
5.     economic  instability  that  provided  fertile  fields  for  ________________.    
   
6.      
  4.  The  capital  of  Germany,  Berlin,  was  in  which  country’s  side?    
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8.     5.  What  was  the  mystery  document?    
   
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  6.  In  what  year  did  Congress  add  the  words  “under  God”  to  the  Pledge  
10.     of  Allegiance?    
   
11.      
  7.  Which  Senator  from  Wisconsin  claimed  that  he  had  a  list  of  205  
12.     communists  who  worked  in  the  state  department?    
 
Part  C:  Summary  (4-­‐6  Sentences)