The Space Race The space race began in 1957 after the cold war. The Soviet Union and The United States of America were fighting for superiority in the cold war. They thought that the first in space would be more superior. This was only the beginning of the race for space. The First Satellites After Russia heard rumors that the U.S. was planning on launching a satellite into space‚ they hurried and built Sputnik 1‚ the first satellite in space on October 4‚ 1957. Sputnik one was about the size of
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problem‚ he launched perestroika ("restructuring"). And when bureaucrats continually thwarted his orders‚ he used glasnost‚ or open discussion and democratisation. But once glasnost let people say what they thought‚ many people said: "We want out." By December 1991‚ the Soviet Union ceased to exist. Gorbachev’s foreign policy‚ which he called "new thinking"‚ also contributed to the Cold War’s end. Gorbachev said that security was a game from which all could benefit through co-operation. Rather
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Many results of the Cold War came that the American people feared in the aftermath of the Second World War according to Eisenhower in a press conference in 1954. The American public feared the Soviets for many reasons. On one hand the Soviets had nuclear technology and on the other their communist government frightened the American people as stated by John Foster Dulles. Because at this time China was becoming Communist as well The fear of the American public increased‚ however President Eisenhower
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Evaluate the effectiveness of the Strategies used by the opposing sides in the Second Indochina War (1965-1973). Why was it inevitable that the South (USA and Republic of Vietnam) would be defeated?It was inevitable that the USA and the Republic of Vietnam would be defeated in the Second Indochina war of 1965-1973 because of the effective strategies used by the North‚ with the use of Guerrilla warfare and the Ho Chin Minh trail. The south was defeated because their tactics like using conventional
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Cold War Review Questions 1. After defeating the Germans‚ the United States and the Soviet Union were two nuclear-armed superpowers. 2. Containment is the purpose of which was to resist the extension of Soviet expansion and influence in the expectation that eventually the Soviet Union would collapse from internal pressures and the burdens of its foreign oppression. 3. The United States tried to contain the Soviet Union in the East of Europe. They were kept in Russia‚ Germany‚ and Vietnam
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of previous events. In our history between Russia we have had our struggles for peaceful relations. The cold war was a big factor that lead to the ultimate fall of the Soviet Union and the United States played a role in that part of history and because of that you cannot blame Americans for having a negative view because at one point we were at war with the Soviet Union now Russia. The cold war can be seen as a big reason as to why
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The Cold War and The War on Terror are also similar in some ways as well. The US had a common goal in both wars‚ stop the spread of communism and stop the spread of terrorism. In the cold war there was a line dividing Europe that separated the communist countries was referred to as the Iron Curtain. In the War on Terror most Americans can identify the nations and countries that sponsor terrorism. Speaking of the cold war brought silence and tension to the room and speaking of the War on Terror
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based on the best features of a socialist economy and of a capitalist one. The factors that also helped the economic miracle that Germany underwent were: Cheap labor force due to a huge number of immigrants. Access to cheap raw materials. The Korean War which was at its peek by then allowed them to make money by producing weapons and military material for the USA. The Marshall Plan also played a significant role as it basically set the FRG on its feet. Adenauer was very pro western and was very fortunate
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The Ultra Secret (Enigma) During World War II‚ it was essential to try and obtain secret high-value information from the Nazis. Such information was normally written in ciphers – secret methods of writing in code so that enemies cannot decrypt the information. The cipher used by Germany during World War II was a very complex polyalphabetic cipher‚ which was a code that alternated between multiple alphabets to write messages‚ making the message appear to be random letter combinations. The alphabets
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Joseph Stalin: dictator of USSR from 1927-1953. Ruled by terror and transformed peasant society to industrial and military super power. Revolutionary politics and strategy brought him to power and he sent enemies to labour camps or execution during the “purge”. “I believe one thing only‚ the power of human will”... “But it is nothing: a brave man should always be brave” (31.. talking about his wife’s suicide)... “soviet power in Russia is the base‚ the bulwark‚ the refuge of the revolutionary movement
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