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1.1.4 According to the source, why was the Marshall plan introduced? 1.1.5 Define what a 'coup' is. 1.1.6 Explain the TWO events that led to the urgent discussions aimed at forming a joint security agreement between the U.S. and their European allies.

1.1.4 According to the source, why was the Marshall plan introduced? 1.1.5 Define what a 'coup' is. 1.1.6 Explain the TWO events that led to the urgent discussions aimed at forming a joint security agreement between the U.S. and their European allies.

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SOURCE 1A The source below gives information regarding events that led to the formation of the two opposing sides during the Cold War. Conflict between the Western nations (including the United States, Great Britain, France and other countries) and the Communist Eastern bloc (led by the Union of Soviet Socialists Republics or USSR) began almost as soon as the guns fell silent at the end of World War II (1939-45). The USSR oversaw the installation of pro-Soviet governments in many of the areas it had taken from the Nazis during the war. In response, the U.S. and its Western allies sought ways to prevent further expansion of Communist influence on the European continent. In 1947, U.S. leaders introduced the Marshall Plan, a diplomatic initiative that provided aid to friendly nations to help them rebuild their war-damaged infrastructures and economies. Events of the following year prompted American leaders to adopt a more militaristic stance toward the Soviets. In February 1948, a coup sponsored by the Soviet Union overthrew the democratic government of Czechoslovakia and brought that nation firmly into the Communist camp. Within a few days, U.S. leaders agreed to join discussions aimed at forming a joint security agreement with their European allies. The process gained new urgency in June of that year, when the USSR cut off ground access to Berlin, forcing the U.S., Britain and France to airlift supplies to their sectors of the German city, which had been partitioned between the Western Allies and the Soviets following World War II
Transcribed Image Text:SOURCE 1A The source below gives information regarding events that led to the formation of the two opposing sides during the Cold War. Conflict between the Western nations (including the United States, Great Britain, France and other countries) and the Communist Eastern bloc (led by the Union of Soviet Socialists Republics or USSR) began almost as soon as the guns fell silent at the end of World War II (1939-45). The USSR oversaw the installation of pro-Soviet governments in many of the areas it had taken from the Nazis during the war. In response, the U.S. and its Western allies sought ways to prevent further expansion of Communist influence on the European continent. In 1947, U.S. leaders introduced the Marshall Plan, a diplomatic initiative that provided aid to friendly nations to help them rebuild their war-damaged infrastructures and economies. Events of the following year prompted American leaders to adopt a more militaristic stance toward the Soviets. In February 1948, a coup sponsored by the Soviet Union overthrew the democratic government of Czechoslovakia and brought that nation firmly into the Communist camp. Within a few days, U.S. leaders agreed to join discussions aimed at forming a joint security agreement with their European allies. The process gained new urgency in June of that year, when the USSR cut off ground access to Berlin, forcing the U.S., Britain and France to airlift supplies to their sectors of the German city, which had been partitioned between the Western Allies and the Soviets following World War II
1.1.4 According to the source, why was the Marshall plan introduced? 1.1.5 Define what a 'coup' is. 1.1.6 Explain the TWO events that led to the urgent discussions aimed at forming a joint security agreement between the U.S. and their European allies.
Transcribed Image Text:1.1.4 According to the source, why was the Marshall plan introduced? 1.1.5 Define what a 'coup' is. 1.1.6 Explain the TWO events that led to the urgent discussions aimed at forming a joint security agreement between the U.S. and their European allies.
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