Thursday, April 14, 2011

Practice in Class OPVL

Origin -
  • Speech so it is a primary source - straight from the speakers mouth
  • Given by Churchill (former Prime Minister of Great Britain)
  • March 5, 1946
Purpose -
  • Tell Americans that they need the US alliance - didn't want to be all alone
  • To spread the ideas of the "iron curtain" - making America know about this threat
  • To show future generations that we can't live with a divided world that this "iron curtain" is putting us in
Value -
  • Clear expectation of what Great Britain wants
  • Hearing from someone very important to Great Britain
  • Real implications - primary source
Limitations -
  • Is this what the British Government really wants?
  • We don't have the Soviet side of the argument
  • What are his private thoughts about this topic?

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