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Directions: Base your answer to Question 1 on Document 1 and on your knowledge of social studies. Document 1 Warsaw Pact Treaty, 1955 Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance Between the People's Republic of Albania, the People's Republic of Bulgaria, the Hungarian People's Republic, the German Democratic Republic, the Polish People's Republic, the Rumanian People's Republic, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the Czechoslovak Republic, May 14, 1955 . . . Article 3 The Contracting Parties shall consult with one another on all important international issues affecting their common interests, guided by the desire to strengthen international peace and security. They shall immediately consult with one another whenever, in the opinion of any one of them, a threat of armed attack on one or more of the Parties to the Treaty has arisen, in order to ensure joint defence and the maintenance of peace and security. Article 4 In the event of armed attack in Europe on one or more of the Parties to the Treaty by any state or group of states, each of the Parties to the Treaty, in the exercise of its right to individual or collective self-defence in accordance with Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations Organization, shall immediately, either individually or in agreement with other Parties to the Treaty, come to the assistance of the state or states attacked with all such means as it deems necessary, including armed force. The Parties to the Treaty shall immediately consult concerning the necessary measures to be taken by them jointly in order to restore and maintain international peace and security. Source: The Warsaw Pact Treaty, 1955. 1. Explain the historical circumstances that led to the writing of the Warsaw Pact Treaty. [1] Hint: Compare the images below to help you: Response:

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The historical circumstances that led to the writing of the Warsaw Pact Treaty can be attributed to the growing tensions and division between the Soviet Union and the Western powers, particularly the United States, during the early years of the Cold War.

After World War II, Europe was divided into two ideological camps - the capitalist, Western bloc led by the United States, and the communist, Eastern bloc led by the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union sought to expand its influence and maintain control over the countries in Eastern Europe, which had been liberated from Nazi occupation by the Red Army.

However, the United States and its Western allies were alarmed by the spread of communism and the Soviet Union's increasing control over Eastern Europe. They feared that Soviet expansionism would threaten their own security and interests. In response, the United States and its allies formed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in 1949, a military alliance aimed at countering Soviet aggression.

The formation of NATO further increased tensions between the two blocs. In order to counter NATO and strengthen their collective defense, the Soviet Union and its satellite states in Eastern Europe formed the Warsaw Pact in 1955. The Warsaw Pact was a mutual defense treaty that united the communist countries in Eastern Europe under the leadership of the Soviet Union.

The Warsaw Pact allowed the Soviet Union to exert control over the military and foreign policy of its satellite states. It also provided a means for the Soviet Union to intervene militarily in Eastern Europe if necessary. The treaty emphasized the collective defense of the member states against external aggression, particularly from NATO.

Therefore, the historical circumstances that led to the writing of the Warsaw Pact Treaty were the division of Europe into opposing ideological camps, the fear of Soviet expansionism by the Western powers, and the need for the communist countries in Eastern Europe to strengthen their defenses against NATO.