The Cold War was an economic battle between the United States and the Soviet Union. The Cold War was bound to start after the Bolshevik Revolution. Also‚ America’s fear of communist attack are some of the reasons why the Cold War started in 1947; however‚ the failure of the August Coup ended the Soviet Union which is what caused the Cold War to end. The Soviet Union’s fall caused the Americans to win this Cold War in the end‚ leading the Soviet Union unfortunate because of bankruptcy. The Cold War
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DBQ #1: Using your knowledge of the time period and documents provided‚ analyze colonial policies toward Native Americans‚ and discuss the impact of these policies on the relationship between the tribes and the new nation. Even though the American expanders had been dealing with the native Indians for western expansion many years‚ the difficulties were at their worst between the years of 1750-1800. The British‚ first settlers in the New World since the Indians‚ wanted to expand their nation
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and the fear of the threats each caused to the other’s ways of life. With communism being the political ideology that emerged in Russia following the Bolshevik Revolution in 1918 that regulates the economy and productions shared equally by the society and also aimed to over throw Capitalism. Whereas Capitalism is the political system which has their countries trade industry controlled independently for their profit rather than for the state. These two opposing ideologies naturally would fear each other
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“announcement” of the start of the Cold War(History.com). At this time the term was first used to refer to the actual metal barrier that cut the continent in two‚ but it soon became a reference to the ideological barrier also. The iron curtain is a term used to describe the boundary that separated the Warsaw Pact Countries NATO countries after the Cold War in 1991(wisegeek.org).The iron curtain extended the borders of Europe and the barents sea to the black sea. World war one was also one of the main reasons
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Ryan Hsin 10/17/14 US History Period 2 Causes of the Revolutionary War DBQ A great things started somewhere. For a powerful‚ free‚ and role model country like the United States of America started somewhere. The journey of our storied revolution and transformation to one of the world’s premier powers have its roots derived from Great Britain. Unjust colonial rules implanted by the King of England acted as the catalyst for revolution amongst the colonies. Once a happy family‚ key events triggered
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The fear of communism extends into the US‚ Over 80‚000 communists in the US after WWII‚ Some members of the government turned over documents to a pro-communist magazine. Loyalty review board for government employees created by Truman from 1947-1951 3.2 million were investigated‚ 212 were fired as a result‚ and 2900 quite to avoid being investigated. HUCA- House Committee of Un-American Activities: Developed a committee to search out disloyal Americans before WWII. In 1947 they began investigation
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was directed towards terrorism. Both doctrines‚ however‚ served as a prototype for future U.S. policy of interventionism; and were used to justify military action by expressing that their efforts were aimed to protect American freedom. Though the doctrines attempted to grant Americans their freedom‚ instead it limited the civil liberties
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Georgizhukov: Led troops into Berlin‚ paraded on horse. Stalin says “screws.. without whom all of us would not be worth a damn”... then sends him in to exile Andrei Gromyko: Soviet Ambassador to Washington (1943-1945) “Stalin oriented towards post war cooperation with the West (US)” (39) Maxim Litvinov: Russian revolutionary diplomat. Jew and old Bolshevik‚ he hated the rigidity and xenophobia. He discussed pos ware reparations and peace treaties (40).. “argued strongly for the possibility of
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used so if a nation attacks another nations everyone should help the nation being attacked to prevent a war. The Cold War has many examples of foreign policy within it. After World War II America thought that the best defense against the soviet union was containment. The containment strategy lead to a massive buildup of weapons between the superpowers and is known as the arms race. American officials were encouraging the development of atomic weapons. The Soviets tested an atom bomb so in response
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After World War II‚ came the Cold War. From 1945 to 1960‚ the role of communism vastly influenced the United States and left the country infused with fear. This fear significantly impacted the country as a whole‚ as well as the individual citizens. The Cold War was unlike most previous wars‚ for it was fought through confrontation and verbal threats rather than the use of military forces. However‚ it still widely impacted America. Thus‚ it is evident that although there was a rise of tension between
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