Question

historians have debated at length the question of who caused the cold war, but without shedding much light on the subject. too often they view that event exclusively as a series of actions by one side and reactions by the other... men as well as circumstances make foreign policy, and through such drastic expedients as war, appeasement, or resignation, policy - makers can always alter difficult situations in which they find themselves... the cold war grew out of a complicated interaction of external and internal developments inside both the united states and the soviet union. source b: excerpts from john lewis gaddis, the united states and the origins of the cold war, 1941 - 1947 (1972), pp. 359 - 361. what specific evidence from the excerpt would you cite in support of your answer to question 1? \historians have debated at length the question of who caused the cold war.\ \men as well as circumstances make foreign policy.\ \the cold war great out of... external and internal developments inside both the united states and the soviet union.\ i dont know yet

Explanation:

This question asks for evidence from the excerpt about the origins of the Cold War. The key claim in the source is that the Cold War stemmed from a mix of internal and external factors in both the U.S. and USSR, so the matching evidence is the direct statement of this claim.

Answer:

○ "The Cold War grew out of... external and internal developments inside both the United States and the Soviet Union."