Internet Exercises       If you'd like to print out this page, click the Print button above. Alternatively, you may click the printer icon on your browser's toolbar, or choose File>Print from the menu.   Back to Exercise List     The Cold War First visit these two sites: Winston Churchill’s "Iron Curtain" speech, March 5, 1946 George Kennan’s "X" article in Foreign Affairs, July 1947 1. According to Kennan, what factors motivated the foreign policy of the USSR? 2. How does Churchill define the "iron curtain"? Why was this speech a pivotal event for international relations? 3. What is containment policy? What does it assume about the Soviet Union and the international system? 4. In your opinion, were Kennan’s assessments of the Soviet Union and his advocated policy of containment correct? Why or why not? Now go to: Cold War International History Project 5. What is the overall purpose of the project? What types of resources does it provide? 6. Follow "working papers" links until you get to the "Document Library." Read three documents that interest you and summarize their contents.