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    Korean Civil War as Part of the Cold War On June 25 1950 North Korea invaded an unsuspecting South Korea. The South Korean army was pushed back to the southern edge of Korea until the United Nations armed with sixteen countries came into the war and pushed them right back close to China. After that‚ the South Koreans and U.N forces were pushed back to the 38th parallel where a cease fire happened on July 27 1953 and has held to this day. During this war‚ China and the Soviets both

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    United States and the Soviet Union. This conflict was the Cold War‚ and it affected many regions of the world‚ including Europe‚ Asia and Latin America. One example of how the Cold War affected a region was in Europe where it was divided into two regions; communist and non-communist.(doc 1) This seemed to be a question with countries whether they’ll be run as a communist country or non-communist. Berlin was an immediate victim to the Cold War. Berlin was shared amongst 4 powers‚ the French‚ British

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    The Cold War and the set up between Europe and Asia can be used to explain the historical context of the Korean War. The Cold War was a period of time from 1947-1991 where rising tensions between America‚ Russia‚ and different parts of Europe caused large threats for each country and continent. Even though there was never physical fighting‚ the Cold War instilled fear in many people‚ including fear of a potential nuclear fallout. The Soviet Union expanded to the west of Europe and the east of Asia

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    than that of Stalin that brought the cold war to a start? Throughout the whole cold war‚ there were never really trust between the western allies and the Soviet Union‚ even when they were working together to put the Nazi movement to an end. This mistrust started way back in 1917 when the united states were refusing the Bolshevik government. The acts of Truman and Churchill were a major part of the beginning of the cold war for many reasons; however the cold war was always down to both sides Soviet

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    A Salient Era A period that will be forever remembered by the American people. During the years of 1850-1914 Americans experienced both devastation and depression. For example‚ the Civil War where there was no true winner when it ended. Americans faced reconstruction physically due to the battles taken place in their cities and towns‚ and mentally because of the loss of loved ones. Some other events and people that affected this era was the Dredd Scott Decision‚ John Brown‚ with the most important

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    Let’s go back to the Cold War‚ when tensions between NATO and the USSR where incredibly strong and the world was threatened by a nuclear-bomb war. During this period of time‚ the United States was part of a group of western allies called the NATO‚ which was supposedly interested only in winning the war against communism. To win the war both the NATO and the USSR established military bases near both Russia and The United States. Even thought NATOS’s interest was only winning the war‚ the United States’

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    go to war against one another. Instead‚ they fought through economics and politics. They did not cooperate‚ and work with each other‚ but worked against one another. This occurrence between the Soviet Union and the United states is called the cold war. This leads to communism‚ something the United States was against. Vietnam and Korea were two communist states‚ that the United States fought two wars against to expand their sphere of influence in order to become a superpower. In Asia‚ the Cold War

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    Question1 Containment was the foreign policy put forth by the United States to challenge Russia during the Cold War (Kennan and Containment‚ n.d.). This Policy was based on a letter written by George Kennan called the X Article (Jones‚ 2008). The letter called for the United States to contain communism from any further expansion. Under President Truman‚ this became policy and would continue for many years and Presidents after him. Since the letter did not define the terms on how to contain communism

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    Death of a Salesman - Context (historical‚ social‚ political and cultural) Death of a Salesman is a play that consists of a HISTORICAL background which is key to understanding the play. It was written in 1949‚ just a few years after the World War ll was over‚ meaning the United States‚ where the play occurs‚ was going through many changes. For example‚ the war caused an increase in industrial production markets and non-farming business. For the poorest Americans‚ however‚ the economic situation

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    Conceptions of the Cold War Lisa Harris SS310 February 12‚ 2013 Zachary Funk Conceptions of the Cold War My research began for this paper by seeking out those who remembered the Cold War. I talked to many individuals before I came across anyone who did. The first individual I began to interview did not tell me much‚ what she recalled were the misconceptions broadcasted on television about the war‚ for instance the protestors. She stated that the television made it look like there were hundreds

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