A. Main Idea: The United States and the Soviet Union became political rivals after World War II. 1. Where did the Soviet Union set up pro-Soviet regimes? Answer: The Soviet Union set up pro-Soviet regimes within Poland‚ Romania‚ Bulgaria‚ and Hungary because of the higher potential of positive response from those areas. 2. What was the Truman Doctrine? Answer: The Truman Doctrine was a foreign policy set up by President Harry Truman during the Cold War that regulated for the US to provide financial
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been the fact that most Asian countries were opposed to‚ or reluctant to endorse‚ the use of force by NATO against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The Force‚ Intervention‚ and Sovereignty Project grew out of the recognition
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There were two core treaties that defined the Cold War; NATO and the Warsaw Pact. In 1949‚ the possibilities of the Communist expansion prompted the United States and 11 other Western nations to take action and form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The NATO was a joining of the western nations and their beliefs. In response‚ the Soviet Union and its other Communist nations in Eastern Europe founded another alliance‚ the Warsaw Pact‚ in 1955. The Warsaw Pact was seen as the communist
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University of Phoenix Material End of the 20th Century Matrix Choose ten items from the following list and identify their significance during the 1990s and beyond: |Earned Income Tax Credit |Economic prosperity under Clinton | |E-mail |Creating a budget surplus | |NAFTA |The
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FUTURE OF NBC DEFENCE – GLOBAL INITIATIVES INTRODUCTION “If we do not stem the proliferation of the world’s deadliest weapons‚ no democracy can feel secure……One of our most urgent priorities must be attacking the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction‚ whether they are nuclear‚ chemical or biological.” - President Clinton‚ 1993 1. Let ‘Peace and Collective Survival’ be the global motto of the 21st century but one cannot ignore the more likely existence of a complex
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History The cold war USA’s / USSR’s contribution. The beginning of the cold war is often seen as from 1947 when there was a sustained political and military tension between the western world (the US) and the eastern world (the Soviet Union). One of the main goals for the USA was the containment of communism. One of the ways that was tried was called the Truman Doctrine. This that the USA would give money and military aid to any countries wishing to defend themselves from communism. In 1955 the
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Truman was heavily involved in foreign politics‚ especially during the communist era. He issued the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan as aid to European and Asian countries. He was the head of the Berlin Airlift and was a part of the formation of NATO. He bravely sent troops into South Korea‚ despite his critics. Truman left a positive impact in the U.S. and played a significant role in the communist
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Against the War (IVAW). Back in 2012‚ NATO held their annual summit in Chicago‚ where thousands of antiwar protestors showed up to support AFP and IVAW‚ and to protest NATO’s ongoing and ever-expanding militarism. The rallies and actions culminated when members of IVAW discarded their medals‚ echoing the actions of Dewey Canyon III in 1971‚ when Vietnam Veterans Against the War threw their military mementos on the steps of the Capitol in Washington D.C. The anti-NATO protests were the last massive
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World War Il was one of the most tragic wars of all time‚ involving more than fifty countries and an estimate of 55 million lives lost. One of the war’s lasting outcomes was Germany’s separation by a wall put up by the Soviet Union This wall was named the Berlin Wall. The Wall had many effects on people‚ not just in Germany‚ but throughout the world. It symbolized the difference between western democracy and Communism. Germany surrendered to the Soviet Union and the Allies on May 7‚ 1945
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The Cold War was borne out of two fundamentally different forms of governing a society: capitalism and communism. Opposing ideas have never been clearer in history then when looking at the capitalist United States and communist Russia immediately after World War II. Who is to say that free enterprise is wrong? Who is to say that all people working toward the common good is wrong? Sadly‚ strong opinion coupled with intense fear on both sides could have been disastrous for mankind. While the Cold
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