conflicts. The Cold War was the elongated tension between the Soviet Union and the United States of America. It started in the mid 40’s after WWII had left Europe in shambles and USSR and US in superpower positions. The Cold War was a clash of these superpowers in political‚ ideological‚ security‚ and economic values and ideas. It caused a bipolar system in the world where there were two dominant powers fighting to become the dominant power. US and USSR being on opposing sides in Europe by the 1950s
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Communist Russia War Communism and the New Economic Policy One-Party Dictatorship started in 1918 with Lenin’s infant Communist government were threatened with civil war. Tsarist officers had gathered troops in the south and others in anti-communist centers. Arose in Siberia and still others in the extreme north and along the Baltic coast. A political group called the (Whites) were in contrast to the communist. (Reds)‚ which combined all shades of opinion and the theory of moderate socialist to
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However‚ there is a reason. The Cold War triggered an explosion of growth and interconnectivity. And it came close to triggering several other literal explosions. Global economy changed abundantly because of the cold war. Fighting broke out in many developing countries‚ stunting the growth of their economy‚ and widening the gap between the poor and rich. Other developed countries spent exorbitant amounts of money stockpiling weapons. Although the cold war did not have all good effects on
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pulled America out of the Depression. After the conclusion of WWII American public relations faced volatile strain. The Cold War brew uncertainty of nuclear destruction‚ but also‚ civil unrest with current Jim Crow laws and women’s suffrage pushed the boundaries of equality. Further along the timeline‚ America became involved with Vietnam in relations to the spread of Communism. This war was controversial and
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understanding America as it is today and explain why. Take the time to think carefully about this topic and conduct research that supports your ideas. Feel free to engage in a dialogue on this with your peers in the General Questions forum. At the end of Module Eight you will submit a final short paper. As always‚ please refer to the Short Paper Guidelines and Rubric in the Assignment Guidelines and Rubrics folder for specifics in developing your paper. However‚ please note this final short paper
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The Bay of Pigs and Cuban Missile Crisis happened during the Cold War. This was a tense event following World War II. This almost caused Russia and US to be involved in a nuclear war. Another symbol of the Cold War was the Iron Curtain which divided the Soviet Union after World War II from Europe by the Berlin Wall. Soviet Union built this this wall to prevent people from leaving the Soviet Union and prevent interaction with Europe. People were segregated from the rest of the world. This tension
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fallowing the Second World War is known as the Cold War. This period was full of tension and fear that the United States and the USSR would destroy each other and the world with their arsenals of atomic weapons. The seeds of this rivalry were planted nearly a quarter of a century before its actual commencement with the Revolution of 1918 in Russia. The Cold War Rivalry would manifest itself in everything from sports in Olympic competition to science and the Space Race. The Cold War did not only take place
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Axis powers. After the war‚ the victory belonged to the Allies. The USA and USSR become the two new superpowers as they had the most robust economies‚ militaries‚ international political power. However‚ the alliance between the two begins to crumbling down in 1945 as they had a big difference between their ideologies‚ decision‚ and attitude towards the ideas of how Europe should be reconstructed. The relationship between USA and USSR was hugely intense since before the World war II had occurred. USSR
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Following the end of World War II in 1945‚ the United States economy began to prosper. However‚ the end of the war brought on another kind of war‚ the Cold War. With suspicion and tension between the United States and the Soviet Union‚ the United States began to conduct research on alternate means to protect the national interest through an improved interrogation processes. One of these highly classified programs was known as “Project: MKULTRA.” According to Dr. Horowitz (2001)‚ the basis for MKULTRA
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Russian Studies On October 4‚ 1957‚ when the Soviet Union Launched the first artificial satellite‚ Sputnik I‚ people all over the world would see a new age of technology. The launch of Sputnik added a lot more tension to the cold war. While the Sputnik launch was a single event‚ it marked the start of the space age and the U.S‚ U.S.S.R space race. The Sputnik launch changed everything. As a technical achievement‚ Sputnik caught the world’s attention and put the American public
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