Cold War Dbq

In the 1940’s Winston Churchill fled to the U.S. to conduct a speech to gain an alliance with the U.S. so they could aid Great Britain in the Cold War. Great Britain was trying to generate an alliance against the Soviet Union because they were looking to expand communism, which, Great Britain was trying to put and end to.The United States is to blame for the Cold War because of Arm’s Race and by assembling alliances with capitalist countries.Due to them endangering other countries based on their beliefs and their wanted expansion of communism, the Soviet Union is to blame for the Cold War as well as the U.S. The U.S. is to blame for the Cold War because of their need to rain superior to the Soviet Union but showing off their weapons. In the document “NSC-68” it speaks on the billions of dollars the U.S. spent on weaponry to rain superior to against the Soviet Union. In the text Kuran indicates that “The development of the H-bomb …show more content…
In the document “ Truman’s Address to Congress” it talks about the harm communist are doing to capitalist countries. In the document Truman voices that “ The very existence of the Greek state is today threatened by the terrorist activities of several thousand armed men, led by Communists, who defy the Government's authority at a number of points, particularly along the northern boundaries….” The Soviet Union is now trying to pose a threat against Greece because they are trying to find a way to spread communist in capitalist countries.Also Truman vocalizes that “They spread and grow in the evil soil of poverty and strife. They reach their full growth when the hope of a people for a better life has died. ”Truman is trying to express how communism is is a evil thing and should not cross over into capitalist countries.He also is trying to inform the people that they only come around when people don’t have anything to look forward