american history paper

Formatting: 12-point font Double-Spaced 900 to 1100 words Chicago or Turabian Style Footnotes Use the Funnel Introduction Style Objective Tone: Do not use first or second person (I, me, we, our, etc.)

Topic Prompt

Using the primary source material in the Revel textbook and the assigned readings listed below, analyze how the Truman administration responded to the perceived threat of communist expansion. As you construct your response, be sure to consider terms such as “the Iron Curtain,” “the Truman Doctrine,” “the Marshall Plan,” and “Containment.”
An effective paper will pull material from both the primary sources and assigned readings
For this Paper, you MUST use evidence from the following assigned readings and cite footnotes in Chicago or Turabian Style Footnotes:
-Primary Sources in the Fraser book on Revel: Section 24.2, “The Hardening of Positions: Containment, the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, and the Berlin Airlift”
-George Kennan’s 1947 Containment speech
-Churchill’s 1946 Iron Curtain speech
-1947 Truman Doctrine speech
-1947 Marshall Plan speech
american history paper