THE COLD WAR in the 1960’s * MAD Theory (Mutually Assured Destruction) * The Cuban Missile Crisis (Oct. 1962) * Why the crisis happened? (Khrushchev‚ Fidel Castro & Cuba) * Was JFK a hawk or a dove? * Impacts of the crisis: flexible response & trend toward détente * Missles out of Cuba * Missles out of Germany * Can’t invade Cuba with force. THE WAR IN VIETNAM * It was America’s longest war * Some numbers: $ 150 billion ($600
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Adams Period 3 02 March 2013 The Cold War Begins The Cold War was a five year war against the Soviet Union and the United States. These two Communist and Democratic countries had very different views and ways of ruling their citizens. One feared of expansion‚ the other feared of the opposing differences. However‚ they both agreed on keeping the war at a minimum by agreeing to not allow weapons of mass destruction to come into the war. Hint to the term "Cold War." Although there was not necessarily
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The Cold War dominated the second half of the twentieth century and resulted in the collapse of communism. This war occurred due to a period of tension between the United States and the Soviet Union between 1940 and 1980‚ was called Cold War because the war between the two countries was triggered by fears of a nuclear scale. The main cause that led to this war occurred because the Soviet Union wanted to spread its communist ideology to everyone‚ which alarmed the Americans‚ who hated the ideology
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During the Cold War the practice of McCarthyism in the United States ran rampant. McCarthyism is the accusation of an individual or group of people for being treasonous without proper evidence or general regard for the truth. More specifically‚ this pertained mostly to people promoting or sympathising with communist ideals. One of the primary targets for this practice was the entertainment industry. Screenwriters who wrote works that had any trace of communistic ideals were questioned severely and
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When analyzing the ways in which the Cold War manifested itself in the American psyche throughout the post-war period‚ the need to maintain order at stability at home are central. Beginning after WWII‚ Americans looked for a “return to normalcy” to cope with the losses of wartime; the results were magnificent—large economic boom following a short recession‚ massive consumer revolution‚ and advances in science‚ health‚ and technology. Together‚ this created an overall wave of optimism that provided
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2020- American History (1877-Present) July 26‚2016 The Cold War Conflict That Led to the Split Up The Cold War was a time of hostility between the Soviet Union and the United States that lasted from 1945 to 1990. The United States and the Soviet Union both wanted to make their mark on the world by spreading their ideas and values‚ the United States wanted to spread democracy and freedom while the Soviet Union wanted to spread Communism. This competition between the two biggest superpowers in the
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How did communism come into Russia and how did it affect Russia? Russia was very stable before communist and communist ideas came round‚ and the aftermath of it all was not the best for Russia and Russian people. Russia was very different before communist took over‚ and how communism came to be is interesting along with all the changes that came with Russia. What was Russia and its government before communism? Russia was just a simple vast country stretching across the Eastern European plain
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known as the beginning of the Cold War. During World War II the countries of United States and Soviet Union combined forces to defeat the Germans. When the war was over the tension of different ideologies began once again. Joseph Stalin the leader of the Soviet Union wanted to expand communism‚ he believed that communism was the superior ideology. The United States being capitalist contain communism by using the Berlin blockade and airlift to their advantage‚ the Korean war‚ and The Cuban missile crises
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In the 1950’s there was a massive change in culture and the start of communism was rising up. Communism during this time was everyone’s fear and because of this issue‚ everyone was starting to get all paranoia. Spies in the US atomic program were passing around secrets to the Soviet Union to set off a nationwide panic that communist spies may be invading many American institutions. In the 1950’s‚ allegations were made towards Hollywood that they were involved with the communists that was led by the
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began to modernize and Pyongyang became the capital (center of attraction) of Korea. 35 years later‚ in 1945‚ the Cold War and 38th parallel divided the Korean people into North and South Korea. While the North had a more dictatorship structure‚ the South strived for a democratic system‚ which clashed.
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