It even affected their relationships with other countries. Regardless‚ the Cold War was one of the most prominent wars of this decade. During the Cold War‚ Feminism was sparking within women in the suburbs. These areas eventually gained nicknames‚ such as “Family Rooms”‚ “ Fertility Valley”‚ and “The Rabbit Hutch”. During World War Two‚ many women took on male-dominated jobs. Prior to the end of the war‚ these women were forced to leave their jobs. Some women were glad to take back on their role
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Akram Abukmeil June 2‚ 2013 Mr. Glavanis Straight after WW2‚ another war has evolved. This was called the Cold War. Why called the cold war? This was not violent. There was no “heat”. The fight was mostly words back and forth. This war started in 1945 and finished in 1989. This war was between U.S.A and the Soviet Union (Russia). This war started because they had different political ideologies. This war took place everywhere it also took place out of space‚ when they wanted to see who would
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In 1945‚ the two superpowers--the United States and the USSR--became enemies because their beliefs and objectives were completely at odds‚ this was known as the Cold War. An aspect of the Cold War was the race for nuclear superiority. As tension grew between the USSR and America‚ Americans were engulfed in great anxiety and fear towards the atomic bomb. During the atomic era and since then‚ the atomic bomb had predominantly been portrayed as the cause of great fear and anxiety. As fears intensed
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Expansionism ideology‚ arguably catalysed the development of the Cold War between 1945 and 1948 - without both of these contributing factors there would have been no war. However‚ tension and backhanded rivalry on the economic front severely threatened US/ Soviet relations‚ fronting a prominence of attack by the USA and provoking the Soviets into retaliation. One major factor that could easily be blamed for starting the Cold War is the USA’s own economic interests. Truman desperately needed large
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World War I characterized as the "first modern war" . Advanced machine guns‚ bombs‚ tanks‚ attack aircraft and submarines were widely used in the First War. It is also accepted as the first "total war" ‚ where most of the nations mobilised all resources for the war. The map of Europe has been changed by 1919‚ as big empires brought to the end and new countries‚ nations were formed. Involvement of the USA in the war arose the country as the world’s new economic power. Soviet Russia was formed. The
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The Cold War happened during the world War 2‚ the UNited States and the Soviet union fought as allies against the Axis powers. The Cold War supposedly never heated up into actual armed conflict. So it was never really a war. There were wars involved like Korea and Afghanistan or United States and the USSR. That relationship was real tense. This war for geopolitical reasons. The cold war is !ore like a time period from 1945 to 1990. After WW2‚ the United States and USSR were the only two nation
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The Cold War era in the United States was a time of fear and anxiety. Tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States had risen to such a level that every interaction between the two nations presented a potential for danger. The film‚ Dr. Strangelove‚ directed by Stanley Kubrick in the early 1960s‚ portrays a scenario that is frighteningly plausible to the American people by playing off of their sense of foreboding and apprehension in order to make a point about powerlessness of the average
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Event that led to the Cold War There were many events that took place after World War 2 that set in motion the Cold War and continued creating tension. Many of these events involved many countries and/ or their support either financially or with military personal. The main focus of the Yalta conference was to plan the post war world. In other words‚ Roosevelt‚ Churchill‚ and Stalin met and planned what they would like to happen after the war was over. Germany invaded Poland‚ their government
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pivotal time in the Cold War between democracies and communist governments‚ particularly the United States and the Soviet Union. The Cold War caused the two major powers to clash‚ leaving people in fear of a nuclear war. U.S. officials had the near impossible task of predicting the endeavors of Nikita Khrushchev‚ the leader of Russia (Targeted News Service 1). The Berlin Crisis was a conflict of interests that caused the separation of Germany. As one of many conflicts of the Cold War‚ the Berlin Crisis
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1. What is the symbolism of the term “Iron Curtain”? Line separating Eastern (Communism) and Western (Not Com.) Europe 2. What decisions were made at Yalta‚ and what role did they play in the emergence of the Cold War. Allies would remove industrial machinery‚ railroad cars‚ and other equipment from Germany as reparations. And the polish government would be set up by the Soviets they promised it’d be free elections but they broke their promise and that created alot of tension. 3. Why did
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