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    1. Discuss the balance of resources between the North and South at the beginning of the Civil War and its implications for initial military strategy. The Southerners were fighting for a way of life they believed in. They thought England would help them because they used a lot of the cotton the South grew. Many Southerners deserted the army because they didn’t have the things they needed for fighting. The Northerners had more men‚ more factories‚ and more weapons. The Northern military leaders were

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    The Cold War was strong rivalry and conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union. During this war there was a lot of struggle especially with political differences. Now‚ Berlin was a likely spot for trouble to develop during the cold war. This was for many reasons. Berlin was a critical area in Germany. Earlier in about 1948‚ the United States was fighting with the Soviet Union for Germany. While their goal was to keep each other week and divided. But later France‚ Britain‚ and United

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    Contemporary to the Blockade were the establishment of Bizonia‚ the integration of Marshall Aid‚ and the announcement of the deutchmark‚ none of which were choices negotiated with the Soviets. Disrespect aside‚ Stalin’s fears of a powerful new Germany that could once again cross

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    believe in the free market so you can spend your hard earned money on whatever you want‚ whenever you want. Source: Three talks about the Cuban missile crisis. The USA discovered the Russian missile base being built in 1962. Kennedy ordered an American blockade on Cuba to stop the Russian ships from carrying missiles into Cuba. They did this because if Russia had missiles in Cuba they would be able to launch them almost anywhere in the states‚

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    Berlin in hopes of bringing the nation together under Western democracy and capitalism. Stalin‚ however‚ disagreed a formed a blockade in West Berlin to prevent food and supplies from entering the non-Soviet sections of the city. The U.S. responded by airlifting the food and supplies to the areas affected by the blockade‚ causing the Soviets to eventually end the blockade. Out of the Berlin Crisis came the need for the Americans and its Allies to enter into a pact known as the North Atlantic Treaty

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    installed nuclear missiles in Cuba pointing directly at the U.S.‚ and the U.S. installed nuclear missiles in Turkey pointing at Russia. Kennedy ordered a naval blockade of Cuba‚ and for 2 weeks the U.S. and Russia were watching each other very closely. Krushchev finally agreed to remove his missiles from Cuba and Kennedy got rid of the blockade. This was the closest time in American history to World War III. One of the crises Roosevelt helps the U.S. citizens through was World War II.

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    missiles to Cuba. We then decide of some plans to stop or prevent this from preceeding to be very dangerous. We have finally decided to block off the incoming Soviet ships by forming a blockade. Our ships are sailing nicely and we are approaching Cuba. After about three hours we reach the designated spot and form the blockade. I get scared and remember

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    The Cuban Missile Crisis in October of 1962 was the closest the world ever came to nuclear war. It was a showdown between the United States and the Soviet Union‚ each side fearing what the other was capable of doing. For thirteen long days‚ everyone in America was extremely tense and nervous about what would happen. If even just one missile was launched at the United States by the Soviet Union‚ World War III would have started. Thankfully that never happened though. This paper will highlight the

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    Revolution) Blockades have always been employed as a strategy in naval wars. In the simplest of terms‚ a blockade is nothing more than the use of naval forces to deny an enemy the ability to move ships and goods across bodies of water. Though the general concept of a naval blockade is easy to understand‚ the conduct of such a strategy not only involves the deployment of warships but also generates a complex set of diplomatic and legal problems. For upon the institution of a naval blockade‚ questions

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    The Berlin Wall‚ built in August of 1961‚ was a physical symbol of the political and emotional divisions of Germany. The Wall was built because of a long lasting suspicion among the Soviet Union on one side and Western Europe and the United States on the other. Once World War II was over‚ these Allies no longer had a common purpose to hold them together. Their differences became less hidden and more irreconcilable. Where family’s had to break apart and had no word about‚ it because the type of government’s

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