The First Presidents of the Cold War Did you know the Cold War was called the Cold War because of the “icy” relationship between the USA and the Soviet Union. Each president had to deal with the Cold War‚ but Truman and Eisenhower wanted Communism to be contained while Kennedy wanted flexible response. It all started out with Karl Marx. He created the idea of Communism‚ which is the theory of everything being publicly owned and workers get paid based off their abilities(Ayers 756). This led to the
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Influence of the Cold War The decades following World War II were all centered on the concept of decolonization‚ the dismantlement of Imperial empires established prior to World War I throughout Africa and Asia. Due to the aftermath of World War II‚ countries around the world experienced massive independent movements whose objective was to eliminate colonization and form new independent nations. The process of decolonization was separated by three different approaches: civil war‚ negotiated independence
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Erin Faulkner The Cold War Arms Race Questions: 1. The impact of technology on the arms race Nuclear weapons were a massive impact of technology that started the Arms Race‚ and that all began on August 29‚ 1949. The arms race was the development of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles that could have a major impact on wherever it was deployed upon. The arms race was between the United States and the Soviet Union‚ it was the period of massive build up of nuclear weapon stockpiles
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Akram Abukmeil June 2‚ 2013 Mr. Glavanis Straight after WW2‚ another war has evolved. This was called the Cold War. Why called the cold war? This was not violent. There was no “heat”. The fight was mostly words back and forth. This war started in 1945 and finished in 1989. This war was between U.S.A and the Soviet Union (Russia). This war started because they had different political ideologies. This war took place everywhere it also took place out of space‚ when they wanted to see who would
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The Cold War‚ which took place from 1949 to 1991 was a very tense time between Soviet Russia and the United States of America (Trueman‚ What was the Cold War). Both countries were constantly at odds and willing to attack each other with nuclear weapons due to their differences in political‚ economic and social beliefs.While Soviet Russia believed that communism was the best social‚ political and economic ideology for the world to follow the United States believed capitalism was the best ideology
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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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Cold War DBQ Between 1945 and 1950‚ the tensions increased between the United States and the Soviet Union. Both superpowers‚ with varying standpoints on global affairs‚ were brought to the brink of war. As the United States pushed for the containment of communism‚ and the development of capitalist democracies‚ the Soviet Union continued to impose communist rule amongst itself and its satellite nations. Eventually‚ these conflicting views would lead to the start of the Cold War. Fueled by the disagreement
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Post-World War 1 Tensions After World War 1‚ there were many problems and unresolved issues that caused a lot of tension. The economy was at risk because many nations owed each other a lot of money. England owed the U.S. money that they borrowed for the war‚ so they decided to use the reparation money Germany owed them to pay America back. However‚ Germany didn’t have any money due to the excessive reparations‚ so they borrowed money from the U.S. This circular system eventually collapsed and the
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It even affected their relationships with other countries. Regardless‚ the Cold War was one of the most prominent wars of this decade. During the Cold War‚ Feminism was sparking within women in the suburbs. These areas eventually gained nicknames‚ such as “Family Rooms”‚ “ Fertility Valley”‚ and “The Rabbit Hutch”. During World War Two‚ many women took on male-dominated jobs. Prior to the end of the war‚ these women were forced to leave their jobs. Some women were glad to take back on their role
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pivotal time in the Cold War between democracies and communist governments‚ particularly the United States and the Soviet Union. The Cold War caused the two major powers to clash‚ leaving people in fear of a nuclear war. U.S. officials had the near impossible task of predicting the endeavors of Nikita Khrushchev‚ the leader of Russia (Targeted News Service 1). The Berlin Crisis was a conflict of interests that caused the separation of Germany. As one of many conflicts of the Cold War‚ the Berlin Crisis
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