8.1.1

toc Analyze the factors that contributed to the Cold War including
 * Origins and Beginnings of Cold War **
 * differences in the civic, ideological and political values, and the economic and governmental institutions of the U.S. and U.S.S.R.
 * diplomatic decisions made at the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences (1945)
 * actions by both countries in the last years of and years following World War II (e.g., the use of the atomic bomb, the Marshall Plan, the Truman Doctrine, North American Treaty Alliance (NATO), and Warsaw Pact)

=8.1.1 Need to Reed=

=Learning Activity=

What Factors Contributed to the Cold War?
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 * __Differences in the values of the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.)__**

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How did the decisions at Yalta and Potsdam lead to increased tensions?
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 * __Decisions made at the Yalta Conference and the Potsdam Conference__**

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What actions by the U.S. and U.S.S.R. increased tensions?

 * __Actions by the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. in the years ending and following WWII__**