THE COLD WAR- 1945-1991 In the immediate aftermath of World War II‚ the United States took a turn to the economic and political right. Nothing demonstrated this shift more than the Second Red Scare. The trials‚ denouncements‚ black lists‚ and paranoia about Communism in the Second Red Scare showed the domestic face of the Cold War--the international struggle between the Soviet Union and the United States for world dominance. The Cold War transformed anti-Communism from a right wing to a mainstream
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Question1 Containment was the foreign policy put forth by the United States to challenge Russia during the Cold War (Kennan and Containment‚ n.d.). This Policy was based on a letter written by George Kennan called the X Article (Jones‚ 2008). The letter called for the United States to contain communism from any further expansion. Under President Truman‚ this became policy and would continue for many years and Presidents after him. Since the letter did not define the terms on how to contain communism
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Reflection of the Cold War The Cold War‚ from 1945 to 1991‚ is one of the most important periods of time that has greatly influenced and shaped the modern world. It was not just a battle between two super powers‚ the USA and the Soviet Union‚ but also a clash of two really popular ideologies during that time. There was the American claim of fighting for freedom and democracy and the Soviet claims of fighting for the interests of the workers and the common people. Now in theory‚ these ideologies
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The Cold War developed slowly between the United States and the Soviet Union‚ as both nations were fighting for control of the postwar world. This cold war was a war of words with lots of tension. These two nations were on the same side during the war but after the war they began to grow apart and not trust each other. The United States and the Soviet Union had different beliefs as to where the world should go in terms of government and economics. This caused big problems for the two nations. These
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When the Cold War began in 1947‚ the United States and the Soviet Union turned from peaceful allies to enemies at the brink of war simply because each wanted to be the more dominant country. Unlike most wars‚ it was not fought on a physical battlefield‚ but instead was fought through competition with one another. This competition could be seen throughout many different points of the Cold War from the space race to athletics to the overall political ideologies of both countries. The goal of this paper
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Just after World War II science fiction spread throughout the world‚ with the development of the atomic bomb spiking interest‚ and oracular suspense effects of nuclear war creating impacts on the science fiction genre. Technological advancement‚ space travel‚ visit to the moon and politics‚ reflected publishings during this era. Communism paranoia widely spread during the onset of the Cold War as Americans felt threatened of their freedom. USSR and the United States both within arms reach
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Truman and the Cold War I. Postwar Domestic Adjustments A. Initial faltering economy – inflation rises‚ GDP down‚ strikes 1. Taft-Hartley Act – put limits on labor unions a. Outlawed closed shop‚ labor leaders take non-Communist oath 2. Sold war factories cheaply to private companies 3. G.I. Bill – paid for school for soldiers; home‚ farm‚ and small business loans B. GDP growth lasts next two decades – Americans – 6% of population controlled 40% of earth’s $ 1. Middle class
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it was very cold and it was very long the Canadians did play a big part in the cold war Tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States resumed following the conclusion of the Second World War in August 1945. As the war came to a close‚ the Soviets laid claim to much of Eastern Europe and the Northern half of Korea. They also attempted to occupy Japanese northernmost island of Hokkaido and lent logistic and military support to Mao Zedong in his efforts to overthrow the Chinese Nationalist
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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 was a time of political and military tension between United States and the Soviet Union. The cold war wasn’t any normal war‚ there was no mass killings‚ no tanks or fighter jets‚ there wasn’t even any ground units. What there was though was a lot of nuclear weapons and money being spent on propaganda such as; newspapers‚ magazines and radio. They were spending money as if an actual war was going on. And even though there wasn’t any real physical war going on there were two great superpowers
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