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    The year is 1922‚ four years after the war has ended. My brother is home‚ but barely talks‚ especially about the war. He is suffering from post traumatic stress disorder. Momma doesn’t push for him to talk‚ and she tell’s all of us not to talk about it. Papa just goes to work‚ comes home‚ eats and sleeps. Barely talks to us‚ except for days that he doesn’t work ‚which isn’t very often. It’s a cold winter’s night in December. Papa’s home from work and Walter is talking more than usual. Momma’s cooking

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    Crucible” which was performed on January 22‚ 1953. The play betrayed communists as being stereotyped and categorized. The content in the production created and analogy to the historical event in 1945 known as the The Cold War (pbs). Accordingly‚ Arthur Miller wrote the drama play reflecting on culture and political hysteria. The United States government sought to suppress communism and racial activity. To create his play‚ he traced With McCarthyism to Salem‚ Massachusetts to do research

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    The “Progressive Era” of the early twentieth century was a period that experienced a widespread of social and political activism and reform. During this time‚ Progressives sought to terminate industrial and political corruption in order to make the government more efficient‚ safe‚ and honest. They tackled child labor‚ took on the banking system and at the same time‚ the women’s suffrage movement was on the rise. A distinct similarity between Progressives of the early 1900’s and Progressives of today

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    War brings out the worst in human nature. Soldiers pinned against one another‚ and for what purpose? Justice‚ life and freedom? No‚ all these luxuries can not be afforded by the dead. Those soldiers who have survived this “clash of ideas” ‚ and have been captured by the enemy‚ have seen a fate worst than death. The American soldier captured and held in camps endured many horrible conditions which‚ were caused many deaths. The horrible treatment of the American P.O.W (Prisoners of War) reached it

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    Cold War: The Space Race

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    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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    one week 150‚000 Soviet soldiers were either killed or wounded. This invasion broke the German-Soviet nonaggression pact that Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin created. Hitler’s betrayal caused Stalin to join the allied forces‚ which also caused post war conflict between other countries. “Thanks to the Nazi-Soviet Pact‚ Hitler had achieved a degree of domination over Europe unknown since the time of Napoleon. Like the French Emperor‚ Hitler turned against Russia to consolidate his grip on the Continent

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    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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    Fear During The Cold War

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    War‚ in particular‚ persists largely‚ in part‚ due to fear. During the Cold War‚ the United States operated on a fear of communism spreading called the domino theory. In the minds of US leaders at the time‚ the emergence of communism in China and the Soviet Union would lead to its further spread in surrounding countries‚ weakening western hegemony and threatening the current world order that conveniently allowed the US to comfortably rule at the top. As such‚ proxy wars sprout up all

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    The Cold War is the name that is given to the relationship between the USSR and the USA after World War II. It was essentially an ideological struggle between the USSR and the USA. Both the sides were trying to impose their political model as the dominant global one. For over 40 years (1945-1989) the USSR was in constant conflict with the USA‚ but it was a conflict that never ended up as open warfare. It stayed as a “Cold War” as both sides were trying to destroy each other through economic and political

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    affected many countries through affecting the Cold War. The revolution changed social‚ political and economic factors in many South American countries. Looking at the Cuban Revolution will give an insight on how political changes affect historical time periods. After Castro had established a communist Cuba‚ he wouldn’t stop there. Castro‚ the leader of Cuba‚ would then aid other revolutionary countries in hopes to spread communism. The Cold War was all about the stopping and spreading of

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