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    Freddie Lin and Lucy Chang Mrs. Dollenberg 10-B Mainstream 14 January 2015 Cold War Duck and Cover Cold War is a conflict between USA and Soviet Union after World War two. Suspicion and mistrust had defined the US and the Soviet Union relations for decades. Although Cold War was called a “war”‚ it didn’t really use weapons to fight with each other. Both superpowers threatened each other with nuclear annihilation and participated frequently in supporting allied nations‚ which had violent wars‚ like

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    around the world. Early in World War II‚ Greece was occupied by German Nazis. Allied forces created a naval blockade around Greece to prevent further German expansion; however‚ the blockade created severe shortages of food and medicine among Geek civilian communities. In 1942‚ a number of Famine Relief Committees were establish in Great Britain to emergency supplies through the Allied blockade. Although most of these committees ceased operations after the war ended‚ the Oxford Committee for Faime Relief

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    After WWII the United States and the USSR were the only superpowers left in the world. Differences in government‚ atomic weapons‚ and other disagreements‚ led to the United States and the USSR entering into a cold war. Most of the time when someone says war‚ we think violence‚ death‚ and tragedies; however this was not the case. The cold war was in fact a war of words. There was no actual fighting that took place. The United States was completely against communism‚ and wanted to eradicate it completely

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    America Becomes a World Power From its humble beginnings as a territory ruled by the British crown‚ America grew into one of the biggest major world powers. While the country started out insignificant to the greater picture‚ in just thirty short years between 1890 and 1920 America became one of the strongest world powers. This was largely through the country’s eagerness to expand across the continent and their growing economic influence due to the Industrial Revolution. From the beginning of

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    Cyber technology in China is very complex and controlling. They have an advantage when it comes to future cyber-war. China has a blockade that prevents both incoming and outgoing material over the internet that has to do with politically sensitive material. This blockade also known as the “Great Firewall of China” blocks content at every gateway which in most cases would be considered to be a barrier to free expression‚ which is an opposite of that amongst the people in the United States. China

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    RAD‚ the National Labour Service because it meant that people were forced to go to work from 1935 onwards which sped up the manufacturing of materials like iron and steel. He also increased the amount of food being produced as well to avoid a Naval Blockade which has happened to Germany in the First World War which meant they had very limited resources of food. As soon as Hitler introduced conscription the number of people in the army increased which meant more uniforms were required so the production

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    The first line of defense is comprised of two barriers‚ the physical and chemical barriers. These barriers or blockades are always ready and prepared to defend the body from infection. The first barrier is the physical blockade between the inside of the body and the outer world. Physical blockades of the first defense system includes the skin‚ tears‚ and the stomach. After the outer line of defense is breached‚ the body starts it innate immune system to help prepare to take action on the foreign

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    spy on Legaspi’s activities. In 1568‚ and again the following year‚ a Portuguese captain‚ Gonzalo de Pereira‚ blockaded Cebu in order to starve the Spaniards. With the aid of the Cebuanos‚ however‚ Legaspi withstood the blockade and succeeded in forcing Pereira to lift the blockade and leave the Philippines. In the midst of all these problems‚ the first reinforcements from Mexico arrived in Cebu on board the galleon San Geronimo on October 15‚ 1566. This made Legaspi happy‚ for it brought not only

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    Reasons and Causes For The Ending of The Cold War: Demise of The Soviet Union Carl Sandin History 420 Professor Gianni November 13‚ 2012 While the United States and Soviet Union did join forces

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    schools were having nuclear drills‚ and families were storing food in their nuclear bunkers. The streets were filled with mayhem‚ I was scared myself. The United States were thinking about attack Cuba but thankfully they were smart enough to set up a blockade instead. The US announced that they were not going to attack offensively and order the Soviets to dismantle their missiles as well. The Soviet Union laughed at the US offer but secretly tried to resolve the crisis. This crisis was resolved on October

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