CAU Origins of The Cold War Yalta Conference & Soviet Actions in Poland Discussion

Assignment A (800)

Please answer the following questions in a response of 200 words EACH, and submit your responses in a Word Doc

1. Explain the origins of the Cold War. Discuss the Yalta Conference, Soviet actions in Poland, and the US policy of “containment.” What was Marshall Plan and how did it impact US-Soviet relations?
2. Explain the second “Red Scare” of the 1940s and ’50s. Discuss HUAC, Joseph McCarthy, and the issue of civil liberties.
3. Discuss the Cold War during the presidency of John F. Kennedy.

four references, apa

Assignment B (400 words)

As we have encountered in our country’s history time and again, it has often been necessary for the federal government to step in to protect and enforce the freedoms of oppressed Americans, especially African-Americans.

Discuss some passages from Martin Luther King (MLK)’s speech that you feel are the most powerful or important and remember that several significant Civil Rights laws were passed in the two years that followed the speech.

three references