Problem
Section I:
Instructions: Answer the following based on a close reading of the primary and secondary source relevant to the Cold War. Your answers must be composed in clear and grammatically correct complete sentences. Make sure to directly answer the question. Be sure to cite each source. As you are answering, keep in mind the who/what/when/where/significance of each answer.
Question A: When did the Cold War start? Why did it start?
Question B: Who is/ are the main characters of the Cold War? Why are these specific people so important to the Cold War and to understanding the Cold War?
Question C: Who opposed the Cold War? Why were these people opposed to the Cold War?
Question D: When did the Cold War end? Why did it end?
Question E: What is the most important primary source of the Cold War? What impact did it have?
Question F: What was a/were key turning point(s) in the Cold War? What changed?
Question G: How did the international community react to the Cold War?
Question H: What impact did the Cold War have?
Section II: Timeline/ Chronology of Events
Instructions: Select TEN dates that are important for the trajectory of the Cold War and explain why they are significant. You may include a date range rather than a single date if it is appropriate. To answer this section, think of how you would tell the story of the Cold War and what moments/ events you would highlight. Your answers must be clear and grammatically correct (complete sentences are not necessarily required).).
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Section III:
Instructions: Add an additional question that you think I should have asked in Section I of this exam. In other words, what question did you study for, but was not asked in Section I? Make it a thoughtful, college-level question. Please answer in the same format as Section I in clear and grammatically correct complete sentences.