Problem
A. Why did the United States, Great Britain, and France all fear Soviet expansionism after World War II?
B. What was the purpose of Churchill's 'Iron Curtain' speech?
C. Was Churchill looking for peace or war? Find two phrases in his Iron Curtain speech that support your answer.
D. What was the purpose of Stalin's reply to Churchill's Iron Curtain speech?
E. In what year did the Soviet Union possess approximately the same number of nuclear bombs as the United States?
F. Why did Gorbachev feel that the Soviet Union had to begin introducing modern liberal reforms?
G. What was Gorbachev's policy of glasnost? How did glasnost reflect modern liberal ideas (think of a liberal principle to connect it to)?
H. What was Gorbachev's policy of perestroika? How did perestroika reflect modern liberal ideas (think of a liberal principle to connect it to)?