In the race to become a supreme power in the world‚ the Cold War was between 1st world and 2nd world countries. It was mostly characterized by a power struggle of the United States and Russia‚ engaging in civil and proxy wars. The cold war also stimulated globalization 3.0‚ a movement of decolonization. Many countries that were previously colonized‚ encountered issues with getting back on their feet in all aspects. Thus‚ leading to the U.S intervening because they needed help to establish power of
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Chapter 32: The Cold War and Decolonization‚ 1945–1975 1 CHAPTER 32 The Cold War and Decolonization‚ 1945–1975 INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES After studying this chapter students should be able to: 1. Understand the causes of the Cold War and its political and environmental consequences for Europe‚ Asia‚ Africa‚ Latin America‚ and the two superpowers. 2. Understand the process of decolonization and illustrate the variations in that process by reference to concrete examples. 3. Understa
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“announcement” of the start of the Cold War(History.com). At this time the term was first used to refer to the actual metal barrier that cut the continent in two‚ but it soon became a reference to the ideological barrier also. The iron curtain is a term used to describe the boundary that separated the Warsaw Pact Countries NATO countries after the Cold War in 1991(wisegeek.org).The iron curtain extended the borders of Europe and the barents sea to the black sea. World war one was also one of the main reasons
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Ever since the end of world war two‚ tension between the US and USSR has constantly been present. This long constant tension between the two countries came to be known as the Cold War. Many attempts of soviet communistic expansion occurred over the span of the cold war‚ where many of those occurrences are tied to the US. Instances of communism in Germany‚ Asia‚ and Cuba could be highlighted as the most diplomatic of the cold war‚ and were all handled differently by the United States. After the
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The Cold War was a time of great competition between the United States and the Soviet Union; one of the competitions being the Space Race. Due to advancements in technology throughout the world pressured by the Cold War‚ the United States and the Soviet Union were able to push their way into space‚ each trying to outdo the other‚ eventually resulting in the United States putting the first man on the moon on July 20‚ 1969 during the Apollo 11 mission. The United States beating the Soviet Union to
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for the Cold War? The Cold War was the tense relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR) during the 46-year period following the World War II’s end‚ but before the end of the Soviet Union. It refers to the time between 1945 and 1991. The war was unlike any other war‚ because the two countries’ armies never directly went to war with each other. Many people feared that the relations would end in a nuclear war‚ but that never happened. The meaning of ‘Cold War’ is a war in which
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Atomic Café Questions NOTE: This documentary combines authentic newsreels‚ military training films‚ advertisements and other footage from the early Cold War era‚ combined with speeches‚ radio broadcasts and actual music. Keep in mind that this documentary‚ produced late in the Cold War in 1982‚ was made to convey a specific political and social message. Some of the events are portrayed in such a way as to make the people of the 1950s seem foolish; thus‚ we can learn from this film‚ but we must remember
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In the early 1950s‚ the Cold War contributed heavily to a change in American society and women’s roles. No longer were the women across the United States confined to a household. Suddenly‚ being a woman had a completely different meaning than what it had previously. When World War II began‚ women on the Home Front worked in defense plants and volunteered for war-related organizations‚ in addition to managing their households. Once World War II ended‚ women were getting laid off from their jobs due
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hostility than World War II itself. Without any defense against this cataclysmic force‚ the world was in desperate need for reassurance. The policy M.A.D.‚which stands for mutually assured destruction‚ provided some consolation. M.A.D. had an even bigger effect on this time period than expectations allowed. Life and death hung in the balance of this piece of psychology merged into foreign
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believed the Soviet Union and Great Britain collectively will have the same notion of peace by undoing large military. Postwar rapid change that ideology and the Cold War begins. The Cold War Begins Once the allies defeated the common enemy‚ prewar of distrust and antagonism among Soviet Union and West over different ideology of the post-war. Soviet Union sustained a significant amount of causalities‚ damages to farming‚ and industrial. Soviet Leader Stalin sought Germany to be held accountable
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