Cold War Review

DPII History

How accurate is the view given in the cartoon above of the division between East and West? Use the source and your own knowledge to explain your answer.

Previous Exam Questions

• In what ways, and to what extent, did previous mutual distrust and suspicion cause the Cold War? (2003)

• Account for the emergence of the two superpowers from 1945-1959? (2002)

• In what ways and to what extent, did the Cold War become less confrontational after 1970? (2004)

How accurate is the view in the cartoon above of the Berlin Airlift? Use the

source and your own knowledge to explain your answer.

After 1949, (once the Soviets had the bomb) the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union deteriorated rapidly.