Containment Mini Q Wrksht S13

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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