3. OBJECTIVE
I can summarize how the concept of balance
of power between the “free” world and the
“communist bloc” led to the ColdWar and
was one outcome [effect] ofWorldWar II.
•WHS 13A
4. ESSENTIAL QUESTION
How does the desire for a balance
of power lead to the beginning of
the ColdWar? Cite specific
examples to support your thinking.
18. From Stettin on the Baltic toTrieste on the Adriatic, an iron curtain has
descended across the continent. Behind that line lie all the capitals of
the ancient states of central and eastern Europe.Warsaw, Berlin,
Prague,Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade, Bucharest, and Sofia, all these
famous cities and the populations around them lie in the Soviet sphere
and all are subject, in one form or another, not only to Soviet influence
but to a very high and increasing measure of control from
Moscow....Police governments are prevailing in nearly every case, and
so far, except in Czechoslovakia, there is no true democracy.
• Winston Churchill: March 5, 1946
How does this speech mark the beginning of the ColdWar? Support your
answer with evidence from the selection.