History The cold war USA’s / USSR’s contribution. The beginning of the cold war is often seen as from 1947 when there was a sustained political and military tension between the western world (the US) and the eastern world (the Soviet Union). One of the main goals for the USA was the containment of communism. One of the ways that was tried was called the Truman Doctrine. This that the USA would give money and military aid to any countries wishing to defend themselves from communism. In 1955 the
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Object Identifier 10.1109/ACCESS.2013.2260792 Technology Advances in Flexible Displays and Substrates JANGLIN CHEN AND C. T. LIU Industrial Technology Research Institute‚ Hsinchu 310-40‚ Taiwan Corresponding author: J. Chen (JanglinChen@itri.org.tw) ABSTRACT This paper reports the latest technological advances made by the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) in flexible displays‚ especially the flexible substrate‚ thin-film transistor (TFT) backplane‚ and active matrix organic
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Containment was a policy used by the Americans used stop the spread of Communism and communist expansion through military‚ political and economic means. Specifically in the Cold War era‚ the U.S. implemented this policy through the Truman Doctrine and the founding of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Another factor of the containment policy was the Soviet Union’s rejection of the Marhsall plan. Containment started in 1949 with the Truman Doctrine. The development of the Truman Doctrine
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Running Head: HOW DID THЕ COLD WAR BEGIN? How Did thе Cold War Begin? [Name of thе writer] [Name of thе institution] How did thе Cold War Begin? Thе Cold War began after World War II. Thе main enemies were thе United States аnd thе Soviet Union. Thе United States аnd thе Soviet Union were thе only two superpowers following thе Second World War. Thе fact that‚ by thе 1950s‚ each possessed nuclear weapons аnd thе means of delivering such weapons on their enemies added а dangerous
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UNITED STATES HISTORY 1945-1960 The Cold War: Containment at Home and Abroad PLEASE SEE NOTES ON THE PDF‚ PAGE 5. LESSONS IN US HISTORY By Eileen Luhr‚ Department of History‚ The University of California‚ Irvine Teacher Consultant‚ Chuck Lawhon‚ Century High School‚ Santa Ana Faculty Consultant‚ Vicki L. Ruiz‚ Professor of History and Chicano-Latino Studies‚ The University of California‚ Irvine Managing Editor‚ Danielle McClellan The publication of this CD has been made
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Introduction The cold war was the name given to the economic‚ political‚ military and ideological rivalry that took place between the United States and its allies and the Soviet Union and their allies after World War II. The two powers never directly engaged in military action because both had nuclear weapons that if used‚ would have had devastating consequences for both sides. Alternatively‚ proxy wars were fought. A proxy war results when opposing powers use third parties as substitutes for
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The American perception of war‚ prior to the Pearl Harbor attack and inevitably entering World War II‚ was distant. Many Americans‚ both politicians and consumers‚ believed that entering World War I had been a tragic mistake‚ which added upon the economic turmoil from the Great Depression. Additionally‚ many Americans favored the rising German power in Europe as they served as a balance with the communist influence from the Soviet Union. Businessmen didn’t want to ruin their “profitable overseas
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History Unit 5 Test Review Cold War: refers to the period after the Second World War between 1945 and 1990‚ when increasing political and diplomatic tension between the West/United States and the East/Soviet Union created a constant threat of war. There were 2 speeches given in 1946 that alerted the world to the growing tension between the soviet and western world. 1. Stalin’s “Two Hostile Camps”: In February 1946 Stalin gave a speech to voters in Munich in the speech he predicted that the
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The Cold War brought fears amongst the American people in the aftermath of the Second World War. America’s greatest fear during this time was the threat of communism in the United States and abroad‚ the increase of atomic weaponry‚ and the fear of a second depression. Although it was not easy to try and ease the hysteria in America‚ under the administration of Eisenhower‚ he was successful and effective when addressing the concerns of the American people. Communism was a big concern of the American
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The Cold War: 1960’s The Cold War‚ was it really cold? No‚ “The term "cold war" first appeared in a 1945 essay by the English writer George Orwell called "You and the Atomic Bomb (War‚ 2017)." It seems that The Cold War started because of communism‚ and started off with the involvement of Vietnam. “Vietnam can really we consider part of the domino theory. In an interview with the press in September 1963‚ President John F. Kennedy expressed his belief in the domino theory‚ stating that "We should
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