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    explore the workings of cold war‚ what were the motivations of the usa and the soviet union‚ and why?  what impacts did the cold war have on the populations of the first and second worlds? The cold war was due to major changes in the balance of global power created by the second world. The west had always viewed Stalin with distrust and suspicion‚ Stalin’s past history of teaming up with the Nazis helped determine his credibility issues in the USA. Stalin believed that America purposely stalled

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    The end of World War Two brought a tremendous amount of economic‚ political and social change to the entire world. Millions of people were left homeless‚ the European economy had collapsed‚ and much of the European industrial infrastructure had been destroyed. America emerged from the war strong‚ united‚ prosperous and the unrivaled and admired leader of the world. France was humbled‚ Britian exhausted‚ Germany demolished and divided The United States established a new international order

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    Civil War was one of the most vital points in American History. The Civil War encompassed battle was a civil war fought from 1861 to 1865 to determine the survival of the Union or independence for the Confederacy. Through this moment in history lied‚ the fate‚ of the future‚ of the United States government. This war‚ although possessed many factors‚ events‚ and triggers‚ was truly caused for three major reasons. Arguably the biggest and most important reason why the Civil War was causedwas because

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    Cold War Notes (Chapt. 26/27) Pages 803-812 (Truman) Anti-communism and Containment‚ 1946-1952 late ‘46 tensions rose between U.S and USSR ‘shotgun wedding’ dissolved after defeat of Germany and Japan misunderstandings of gov’s→ powers sought greater security→ feeding fearsCold War Polarization and Cold War U.S and USSR fought over destiny of Eastern Europe Stalin→ Soviet Sphere of Influence Saw as crucial to Russian Society wanted to end USSR’s vulnerability to invasions from the

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    quarantine it until it either dies out or a cure is found. The United States policy of containment brought about during the cold war was an effort to stop the expansion of communism to other regions. Though communism was thought of as both something that could be lived with and without‚ America was right to think of it as a threat to the American way of life. The Soviet Union was looking to expand their way of life and basically take away liberty‚ slowly but surely. It may not have seemed so at first

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    direct war with each other (source 11). This meant that the USSR was only able to support North Vietnam through supplying China with arms who in turn would arm the North Vietnamese (source 11). Nevertheless‚ the Vietnam war was still composed of the “classic Cold War” scenario (source 11)‚ as there was support from the Capitalist west as well as support from the communist East in conflict against each other. In addition‚ the opposing ideologies of the Cold War further influenced the Vietnam war. The

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    During the years of the Cold War‚ the main focus to all tension throughout the world along with any combat revolved around differing ideologies in between world powers and supporting countries. The world was in a battle in between the Democratic/Capitalist states led by the United States of America and the Communists states led by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Samuel Phillips Huntington believed that the source of conflict in the world was going to transition from the battling of ideologies

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    by fear. When a society is driven by fear they live a life in which thoughts‚ decisions and actions are predominantly motivated by fear. One of the most iconic societies driven by fear was Nazi Germany. The Holocaust is mostly highly known as the attempted genocide of the Jews from 1933 to 1945. During this time‚ Hitler and his army would target the Jewish population all throughout Europe. Mostly all of the Jewish people that were living in or close to Nazi Germany would live in constant fear of

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    Television Aggression

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    To extend Gerbner’s definition of violence‚ I selected 4 television programs to count verbal as well as physical aggression in these TV shows. One of the many educational television programs that I selected was Barney. To my opinion Barney did not contain any verbal or physical aggressive behavior. This show taught children how to live with one another and how to avoid aggression. I also chose one child’s cartoon which is an all-time favorite Tom and Jerry. Tom and Jerry contained at least 10

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    What Caused World War 2

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    World War 2. One of these causes was the signed Nazi Soviet pact between German leader Adolf Hitler and Russian leader Joseph Stalin; this cause triggered the beginning of World War 2. The first reason that the Nazi Soviet pact was a cause of World War 2 was because the agreement Gave Hitler an opportunity to invade Poland because Hitler thought Stalin would be blinded because of the agreement. This caused the war because Neville Chamberlain said he would declare war on Germany if Hitler was to lead

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