the Cold War because the cold war was a rivalry between the USSR and the USA‚ which resulted in Western Europe being a part of NATO (US Allies) and Eastern Europe was part of the Warsaw pact (USSR). The iron curtain severed the ideologies of Communism and Democracy. Because the western influence grew rapidly‚ the iron curtain was bound to happen. If it was not for the iron curtain happening there would not be a safety buffer between USSR and US. In addition‚ Germany benefited from the iron curtain
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The period of tension between the world’s two superpowers fallowing the Second World War is known as the Cold War. This period was full of tension and fear that the United States and the USSR would destroy each other and the world with their arsenals of atomic weapons. The seeds of this rivalry were planted nearly a quarter of a century before its actual commencement with the Revolution of 1918 in Russia. The Cold War Rivalry would manifest itself in everything from sports in Olympic competition
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republics. Played a part in breaking up USSR. Did not cover up S.U.’s mistakes and problems. Correct intentions but USSR had too many problems piled up since Stalin‚ so he couldn’t solve most of them. 1. Why wasn’t the Communist system working? The S.U. had a large supply of resources b/c of large land mass‚ but did not utilize them properly or channel them into the right areas‚ so they were poor. (Still part of ‘poor
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role in reducing tensions during the Cold war for example the United States and the USSR‚ helped relieve the public about an outbreak of a nuclear war and significantly reduced the number of nuclear weapons in the world. The arms limitation talks reduced tension during the Cold War by promoting the idea of peace. The first talks about arms limitations tried to reduce tensions between the United States and the USSR. Although these talks did not seem to be effective at first (SALT I) they brought
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History 2015/5/14 How did the U.S. reacts when the USSR launched Sputnik 1? During World War II‚ the United states and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic were allies and fought against Nazi Germany. However‚ even before the war has ended‚ both countries identify each other as devil-incarnate. This “friendship” had and only could exist because of a mutual enemy‚ the Nazi Germany. After World War 2 had ended‚ there was no reason for the U.S. and the USSR to maintain their “friendship”‚ therefore the
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Soviet Socialists Republic (USSR). The biggest rivalry between the two superpowers was the advancement in space technology. In 1952‚ the International Geophysical Year (IGY) was established in which scientists stated that in the time between July 1‚ 1957 and December 31‚ 1958‚ solar activity would be at a high point. The IGY made it so that both the US and the USSR became determined to be the first to reach space‚ and so the space race was born. During the space race‚ the USSR made many launches that
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officers deal with citizens in skid row areas differently than they would in other areas. They do not view the citizens of skid row areas as having any rights to protect (Bittner‚ 1967). Their main goal is to keep the peace in other areas through containment of these chaotic environments and maintain control of the citizens within skid row through aggression (Bittner‚ 1967). Police officers justify their aggressive behavior towards citizens in skid row areas by saying that these citizens expect to be
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at the time of Lenin’s death there was no obvious successor to lead the USSR? (12) Although Lenin’s death was relatively expected‚ there was still a lot of confusion over who would succeed him to lead the USSR. There are a number of reasons to why this occurred but there are still disputes about who Lenin wanted to succeed him and why he didn’t leave someone who he thought would be best for the job in charge of his beloved USSR. Despite Lenin having preferences‚ nobody was aware of these preferences
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policy brought glory to the USSR" Discuss the accuracy of this statement in terms of the economic and social impacts on Russia between 1928 & 1941 The statement "Stalin’s economic policies brought glory to the USSR" is accurate in terms of the economic impacts between 1928-1941‚ but in terms of the social aspects that happened between the same time frame the statement is overshadowed and no longer accurate. The economic policy did bring some sort of glory towards the USSR‚ but the social policy which
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helped persuade the center-left in both of these countries to break with the communists and‚ in France’s case‚ with Soviet foreign policy” By keeping communist from taking positions of power in these two countries‚ the Marshall Plan’s strategy of containment was successful. Had Communism been allowed to gain power in France and Italy‚ the feared “Domino Theory” proposed by Truman in March of 1947‚ could have easily been realized. Both countries still held considerable influence in European political
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