Berlin, Korea, and Cuba: How Did the US Contain Communism? by Aline Cardenas https://padlet.com/325365/gcok7cf7zjx8 Document A en-us 2016-03-25 16:31:02 UTC 2026-01-03 05:14:46 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padletuploads.blob.core.windows.net/aws/106224007/c1ee6c7697f95f327cf592f2f14105e7253b0aea/6540e11b931e13fae144e18cd8f34c73.jpg 1. When was this document first telegraphed to American officials in Washington? Was this before, during, or after World War II?  3262321 https://padlet.com/325365/gcok7cf7zjx8/wish/102748721 The document was first telegraphed on February 22, 1946. This was after the war.]]> 2016-03-25 16:39:54 UTC https://padlet.com/325365/gcok7cf7zjx8/wish/102748721 2. Who was X? 325365 https://padlet.com/325365/gcok7cf7zjx8/wish/102748739
   ¨X turned out to be George Kennan, an American Foreign service officer in Moscow.¨]]> 2016-03-25 16:40:03 UTC https://padlet.com/325365/gcok7cf7zjx8/wish/102748739 3. Looking at the Note, what were the two points X wants American policy makers to remember about the Soviet Union?  325365 https://padlet.com/325365/gcok7cf7zjx8/wish/102748783
   The two points X wanted American policy makers to remember the Soviet Union by is:  Stalin and the Soviets believe that Communism is better than Capitalism.  The second point is, Stalin and the Soviets believe they will win.]]> 2016-03-25 16:40:32 UTC https://padlet.com/325365/gcok7cf7zjx8/wish/102748783 4. What would historians probably agree is the most important single word in the document passage 3262321 https://padlet.com/325365/gcok7cf7zjx8/wish/102748862 Historians would probably think  the most important word in the passage is "Containment".]]> 2016-03-25 16:41:10 UTC https://padlet.com/325365/gcok7cf7zjx8/wish/102748862 5. What do you think X would say to an American president who wanted to invade the Soviet Union? What is your evidence?  325365 https://padlet.com/325365/gcok7cf7zjx8/wish/102748895 2016-03-25 16:41:30 UTC https://padlet.com/325365/gcok7cf7zjx8/wish/102748895 6. What is the meaning of containment?  325365 https://padlet.com/325365/gcok7cf7zjx8/wish/102749009
   The meaning of containment is the idea that the Soviet Union and Soviet Communism should not be allowed to spread.]]> 2016-03-25 16:42:40 UTC https://padlet.com/325365/gcok7cf7zjx8/wish/102749009 IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES IT IS CLEAR THAT THE MAIN ELEMENT OF ANY UNITED STATES POLICY TOWARD THE SOVIET UNION MUST BE THAT OF A LONG-TERM,PATIENT BUT VIGILANT CONTAINMENT OF RUSSIAN EXPANSIVE TENDENCIES. 323205 https://padlet.com/325365/gcok7cf7zjx8/wish/102749737 2016-03-25 16:50:11 UTC https://padlet.com/325365/gcok7cf7zjx8/wish/102749737 Summary of Document: 3262321 https://padlet.com/325365/gcok7cf7zjx8/wish/102749856 This is an excerpt from a 8,000 word telegram that was secretly sent to US State Department officials. George Kennan, an American Foreign Service officer stationed in moscow, wrote that Stalin and the Soviets believe that Communism is the strongest form of power and that they will prevail. George Kennan believes that the US must create a "long-term, patient but vigilant containment of Russian expensive tendencies."]]> 2016-03-25 16:51:55 UTC https://padlet.com/325365/gcok7cf7zjx8/wish/102749856 Sources: 3262321 https://padlet.com/325365/gcok7cf7zjx8/wish/102904340 "The Sourcesame of Soviet Conduct" by X, Foreign Affairs, April 1947.]]> 2016-03-28 16:11:12 UTC https://padlet.com/325365/gcok7cf7zjx8/wish/102904340