capitalism and communist regimes came to a head during hostile period of The Cold War (1947 - 1991). Ideological conflicts directly fuelled many of the key events of The Cold War‚ including the berlin blockade. The different political ideologies became the underlying motive driving the post WWII political and military hostilities with propaganda often being used to demonstrate the strong underlying corrections. America and Russia were the fronting nations in the ideological battle. The strong assertion
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1. What was the Cold War? The Cold War was the tense relationship between the United States (and its allies) and the Soviet Union (USSR‚ and its allies) between the end of World War II and the demise of the Soviet Union; i.e. the years 1945-1991. This war was unlike other wars in that two sides never clashed directly in battle. 2. Why did the Soviet Union want to have a buffer zone between itself and Western Europe? The Soviet Union wanted to have a buffer zone between itself because they
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The American Revolution occurred in the years of 1775-1783. This revolution was what made America it’s own country‚ no longer under British rule. It began when the colonists were outraged when British authorities decided to increase the colony’s taxes‚ therefore‚ increasing British revenue. Such attempts are known as the Stamp Act of 1765 and the Townshend Tariffs of 1767. Because of this‚ the colonists began to engage in protests that soon turned violent when they felt that they were not being
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she was the head geometry teacher of the Neo-Platonist school (Belenky‚ 2010). Hypatia is regarded as one of the first women that contributed in many ways to the field of mathematical findings that have forever changed the way we think and see the world today. One major way she contributed to the development of mathematics is by building on to the work of an earlier mathematician‚ an Egyptian named Diophantus. Diophantus worked with quadratic equations and equations having multiple solutions; these
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World war one was one of the most deadliest wars in world history. The war was sparked because of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Soon after war was declared‚ allies of the nations got involved. This dragged most of Europe into the Great War. Eventually‚ the United States joins the conflict with the Allied Nations. In 1918‚ world war one finally ended. The assassination of the Archduke played an important role in starting the war. In 1914‚ the groups of people under Austria-Hungary
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started World War 1. On June 28th‚ 1914 in the Austro-Hungary. Gavrilo Princip assassinated Franz Ferdinand‚ heir to the imperial throne. Princip was a member of a Serbian terrorist organization‚ Black Hand. He was trying to spread Serbian nationalism. Instead‚ his reckless act started World War 1. About a month of diplomatic challenges and responses‚ the Central Powers (Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ and Ottoman Turkey) and the Allied Powers (Britain‚ France‚ and Italy) went to war. 2. What role did America
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The Cold War was a time of distinct beliefs and intimidating behaviors. It all started when Soviet Union wanted to build a new communist society and spread communist ideology to other parts of the world. The opposition between the U.S and the Soviet Union lasted more than 50 years. Ethical‚ political‚ and economic factors drove to a war of major conflicts. Moreover‚ the U.S and Soviet Union’s differences in understanding policies such as the Cuban missile case‚ were just some of the conflicts that
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During WWII‚ the United States and the Soviet Union worked together against a common enemy. Sadly‚ after the war was over tense grew in both nations. The U.S. disliked the Soviet communism and Russia’s current leader at the time. The United States believed that Joseph Stalin was a blood-thirsty ruler. While the Soviets hated America for entering the war so late. They basically blamed the death of the tens of millions of Russians on the U.S. The Soviet also felt the U.S. never treated the USSR as
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The main reason for the cold war was because the Americans could not accept the lifestyle that the Soviet Union decided to live as communists. The cold war was heavily routed in American individualism and trying to impose our values on the Soviets. Americans value individualism. They believe in a society that associated with capitalism‚ and a thriving economy. They also believe that everything is possible and attainable with hard work and determination. The main priority is being individualistic
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while fighting. Then they started using nuclear gases that killed a lot of people. Trench warfare was an interesting thing‚ he technology changed how well it worked‚ and he attitude of leaders changed trench warfare as well. Trench warfare made the war one of the slowest in history. People got almost nowhere from it. Trench warfare is the idea where you dig a trench and many people go in them. Then they would jump up and shoot the other people. They would dig another trench ten feet ahead‚ and when
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