After World War II‚ America became a world power and aimed to use that power to promote and protect freedom‚ democracy‚ and justice around the world. The United States used its power to rebuild the countries around them that had been harmed during the Cold War. America’s dedication to proving its use of being a world power was successful in protecting and promoting freedom‚ democracy‚ and justice by creating acts such as The Civil Rights Movement‚ which involved the Montgomery Bus Boycott‚ The Marshall
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There were multiple milestones for Women’s Rights during the Cold War Era. The first of which included twenty years of substantial economic growth which resulted in numerous opportunities for women in the workplace. At the end of World War II women comprised a fourth of the American workforce (Brief American Pageant). Although things were changing culturally for women in the 1950’s‚ legislative protection from discrimination did not occur until the 1960’s with the advent of the Equal Employment Opportunity
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of the Cold War The Soviet-American combat‚ known as the "Cold War" hung heavy over global affairs for more than forty long years; structuring the world with extensive military buildups‚ an unceasing nuclear arms rivalry‚ intensive surveillance‚ and relentless technological emulations. Further elaborated are the causes and repercussions of this menacing fracas drawn upon the world by the two superpowers; the United States of America and the Soviet Union. The Cold War dominated
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The Cold War Michelle Goon SS310 Exploring the 1960’s Professor: Karen Lloyd Unit 2 Assignment Date: 2-12-2012 The Cold war started in 1945 and lasted until 1991 (Timeline of the Cold War‚ n.d.). During this time the world had many political views and agendas to deal with. There was the election between Kennedy and Nixon in 1960 and the election of Kennedy into office in 1961 (Farber‚ 1994) . There were mixed views on the types of government and the battle between countries to maintain governmental
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In the immediate aftermath of WWII‚ the world was split into two opposing camps that‚ though they did not fight directly‚ were actively engaged in the Cold War. This war did not end until the USSR broke apart in 1991. The Cold War was both created and prolonged by the interconnected economic and ideological tensions of the East and West Blocs. The ideological systems of the two powers were viewed as being complete opposites in their goals and experienced increasing animosity toward each other. This
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Communism‚ weather people say it or not was the main cause of the Cold War. The Cold War started because Russia and China wanted to spread communism to every country of the world. The U.S wanted to stop this from happening. Even though it was considered a war it didn’t actually have any fighting between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. The U.S. decided we did not want to have communism in our country. Karl Marx‚ the “creator” of communism created a pamphlet called the communist manifesto which explained
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The Cold War The cold war was a tense relationship between the Soviet Union and the Americans. The reason why they were fighting was because of the way their countries ran. The Soviet Union communism is a political way of thinking and an idea of how society should work and be organized. Communism is a kind of extreme socialism that says that there should not be social classes or states. Communism says that the people of any and every place in the world should all own the tools‚ factories‚ and
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Drew Garrett Dr. Dea Boster Hist 1152-005 20 April 2014 Cold-War During the 1950’s America‚ post WWII‚ our Nation faced major changes under the leading presidency of Truman and Eisenhower. America fell into another time of prosperous feeling with the end of yet another victory in World War II‚ an almost arrogant view of their society in respects to the remainder of other economies. Communism became the American adversary‚ and Americans sought to purge the world of it. Because of the extreme
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what Canada’s geopolitical role was during the Cold War era1 During the Cold War it can be stated that Canada was more willing to be involved or tentative of global affairs and the direction the world was going in. Canadian participation in the two major wars showed a level of "participation" by the nation to involve itself in global politics that in the modern day the nation does not re-emulate similarly pertaining to displaying or satiate itself at the forefront of world affairs. For example
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Cold War My first inclination would be to answer the first question with a clear "YES". But come to think of it‚ the causes of war really have not changed at all‚ or at least very little. Rather than changes‚ there has been a shift in the causes. The cause of war which has dominated the last 50 years was the cause of ideology. However‚ due to the recent end of the Cold War‚ this cause of war‚ has significantly declined and is almost trivial. The causes of war have shifted from mainly ideological
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