How did industrialization affect daily life in Europe? Industrialization affected daily life greatly‚ in many different ways. One of the ways was factories became a major development and provided tons of jobs for the lower class. Steam inventions came along and water became a seemingly unlimited source of energy. Machines were invented which also changed the way miners worked and greatly helped lessen their time and effort. Then the railroad was built and changed transportation completely. One of
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Chapter 8: From a World War to a Cold War (Contains Cuban Missile Crisis) Why did Cold War break out? This portion of the content deals with the reasons for the outbreak of the Cold War between the USA and the USSR Competing Ideologies: The Cold War confrontation between the USA and the USSR was a clash between the opposing ideologies of Communism (USSR) and Democracy (USA) Supporters of Democracy felt that Communism was akin to slavery and that only Democracy could offer freedom. On the
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The war after World War II did not consist of fighting‚ but a clash of morals. This period is otherwise known as the Cold War‚ which takes place between the late 1940s-1980s. Tensions between the West (United States) and the East (USSR) were due to their conflicting ideologies‚ which caused uneasiness among many. The United States is a nation which follows a democratic system of governing whereas the USSR is under the influence communism. Due to this the country’s capitalist based society there was
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The Vietnam War was one of the most divisive and drawn-out wars in US history. The Vietnam War was fought between North Vietnam‚ supported by the Soviet Union and China‚ and South Vietnam‚ supported by the United States. The US became involved in Vietnam to prevent the spread of communism in Southeast Asia but became even more involved after the US ship Maddox was attacked in the Gulf of Tonkin. The conflict was drawn-out and costly‚ with many casualties on both sides. During the presidencies of
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The American Civil Defense program during the cold war reinforced American cultural ideals of individualism and self-sufficiency. During the cold war there was fear of the other countries use of nuclear weapons against the United States. Since this fear was gradually increasing throughout the U.S. president Truman established the American Civil Defense program to help protect citizens if there was a nuclear attack on American soil. Because of the increased fear of a nuclear attack the government
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on European history dates back more than 5000 years‚ at the beginning of the nineteenth century‚ it was still a impossible to understand and unknown place to Europeans. One reason was that Egypt was Muslim and Europe was Christian‚ and the poison produce by the Crusades and subsequent wars hindered open communication. Another reason was that most information of ancient Egyptian society had been lost some time before the Greeks settled the coast‚ so even though many people had seen the pyramids‚ temples
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The Cold War developed from disagreements on the postwar European world. The Soviet Union wanted to feel secure on the western border and did not want to give up what it had gained in Eastern Europe by defeating Germany. Eastern Europe was an area of disagreement in that the United States and Great Britain were in favor of democratic freedom for the liberated nations of Eastern Europe‚ however Stalin feared this would lead to traditional anti-Soviet attitudes if they were allowed free elections and
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The Vietnam War was a war they began in 1954 and lasted until 1975. It has become known as the “Longest and most controversial war in U.S history.” The United States became involved in Vietnam during the Truman administration to avoid having Vietnam go under a communist rule‚ like a majority of countries in Asia. The country of Vietnam divided into two in 1954 and separated itself into North Vietnam and South Vietnam. The two sides divided themselves on the “17th Parallel” when they signed a treaty
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After world war two‚ the alliance between the USSR and the West was conflicted. Competition between the Soviet Union and the United States over ideologies‚ through other countries‚ without direct armed conflict arose. Both groups began to doubt each other; the United States did not trust communists and the USSR did not trust capitalists. The blame to this event can probably be debated‚ but from research‚ the Soviets hold most of the blame. There were many different causes of the Cold War. One of them
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How Cold Affects The Body B Y: G E N E S I S P O N C E How Cold Affects The Body The body tries to maintain body temperature by vasoconstriction and shivering. Shivering is the body’s main involuntary defense against the cold producing body heat by forcing muscles to contract and relax rapidly. Vasoconstriction is the tightening of blood vessels Vasoconstriction occurs in the uncovered skin when it is exposed to cold temperatures. The reduced blood flow in the skin conserves body heat
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