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.

Station B: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, the March on Washington, or The Great March on Washington, was held in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, August 28, 1963. The purpose of the march was to stand up for civil and economic rights for African Americans. The march was organized by A. Philip Randolph and Bayard Rustin, who built an alliance of civil rights, labor, and religious organizations that came together under the banner of "jobs and freedom." Estimates of the number of participants varied from 200,000 to 300,000; the most widely cited estimate is 250,000 people. Observers estimated that 75–80% of the marchers were black. The march was one of the largest political rallies for human rights in United States history.

At the march, Martin Luther King Jr., standing in front of the Lincoln Memorial, delivered his historic "I Have a Dream" speech in which he called for an end to racism. Another speech given that day was by John Lewis, another civil rights activist who today serves in congress representing Georgia. 

Click on the link below to learn about two versions of the speech- the one he prepared and the one he delivered. 

Read the introduction and watch both videos.

http://billmoyers.com/content/two-versions-of-john-lewis-speech/

STATION A: Sit In Movement

Step 1: Look at the pictures.

EACH PERSON in the group should answer EACH QUESTION for EACH PICTURE.

Table leaders- be the guide that helps make this happen.

1. What do you see?
2. What do you imagine you would hear?
3. Choose a person in the picture. If you were that person, how would you feel?
4. Choose a person in the picture and explain why they are there. 

Click here to see the series of pictures about the Greensboro Sit-In Movement.

Step 2: Read aloud "Coming of Age in Mississippi" and discuss the questions at the end of the reading.

Table leaders, please call on people to read aloud and lead the discussion at the end.