GEOGRAPHY OF THE COLD WAR: WHAT WAS CONTAINMENT? I.

Understanding the Question & Pre-Bucketing:
Answer the questions on the overhead.
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4. Buckets: As you examine the documents, put the letter of the document in the bucket that the document supports.

II. Document Analysis
A. Document A
:
The Long Telegram
After you read over the document, fill in the columns below.
What important FACTS can I learn from this document? What inferences can I make from these facts?
(ANALYSIS/ARGUMENT)

B. Document B
:
The Berlin Blockade and Airlift (map)
After you read over the document, fill in the columns below.
FACTS: What are the facts of this event? What
ANALYSIS/ARGUMENT:
How is this event an example did the Communists do? What was the of containment? How does it show the policy of
American response? containment? C. Document C
:
The Korean War (map)
After you read over the document, fill in the columns below.
FACTS: What are the facts of this event? What did the Communists do? What was the
American response?

ANALYSIS/ARGUMENT:
How
is this event an example of containment? How does it show the policy of containment? D. Document D
:
The Cuban Missile Crisis (map)
After you read over the document, fill in the columns below.
FACTS: What are the facts of this event? What did the Communists do? What was the
American response?

ANALYSIS/ARGUMENT:
How
is this event an example of containment? How does it show the policy of containment? III. Thesis
: Write your specific thesis statement that includes your definition and your three examples
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