Distrust Between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R

Lack of Trust between the United States and Russia

Instructions: View sources A-F and answer the questions about them. Sources A-C are about why the Unites States did not trust Russia and sources E-H are about why Russia did not trust the United States.

Section 1: American Distrust of Russia (Sources A-C)

Source A
Title: Workers do not have anything to lose but their chains.
This is a Russian poster promoting the spread of the communist revolution. 

Source B

Source C

Section 2: Russian Distrust of America (Sources D-F)

Source D

Source E

Source F

The United States actively opposed the Russian Revolution from the very beginning. The president of the United States during the Russian Revolution, Woodrow Wilson, decided to enter World War I to make the world “safe for democracy” and viewed the communist ideas of Lenin as opposed to democracy. Accordingly, when the civil war erupted in Russia, Wilson sent troops to Russia to fight against Lenin to try and prevent the communists from coming to power





Bonus: Source G

If you have finished early and would like a challenge click the following link - https://vimeo.com/128373915. To analyze this source, you will watch part of the video. Do not start the video from the beginning. Start the video at 4:55 and watch until 7:00. After you’ve watched the video, answer the questions below.