Topic 8.1 SAQ Practice - (open to see description)

SAQ Set 1 — Based on Primary Source 1 (Truman Doctrine)

Use the Truman excerpt to answer all parts.

A. Identify one historical development that led Truman to argue that the United States should support “free peoples.”
B. Explain one way Truman’s speech reflects the broader historical context of the early Cold War after 1945.
C. Explain one way U.S. policy described in the speech marked a change from earlier American foreign policy traditions.

SAQ Set 2 — Based on Primary Source 2 (Nehru, “A Tryst with Destiny”)

Use the Nehru excerpt to answer all parts.

A. Identify one claim Nehru makes about the meaning of Indian independence.
B. Explain one broader historical development after World War II that helps explain why Nehru gave this speech in 1947.
C. Explain one challenge that newly independent states such as India faced even after formal independence was achieved.

SAQ Set 3 — Comparison

This SAQ set is based on comparison. No stimulus is provided.

A. Identify one similarity between the historical causes of the Cold War and the historical causes of decolonization after 1945.
B. Explain one difference between the goals of Cold War superpowers and the goals of anticolonial nationalist movements.
C. Explain one way the Cold War affected the development of newly independent states in Asia or Africa in the period 1945–1991.