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    Automobile production was halted that year as manufacturers geared up to make airplane‚ trucks and tanks and whatever else was needed for the war effort. It wasn’t until the 1950s that the big three auto makers‚ GM‚ Ford and Chrysler began to reinvent the automobile. The 1949‚ 1950‚ 1951‚ 1953 and 1954 Chevrolets received only modest facelifts and were called dull but dependable. However‚ in 1955‚ 1956 and 1957 appearance and engineering was changed radically by Chevrolet. Who was responsible for the

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    Peter the Great was born on June 9th‚ 1672 in Moscow‚ Russia. He was the Tsar of Russia in the late 17th century.Most people know him for turning Russia into a great nation with many aggressive Domestic reforms. There is controversy over whether or not he was actually “Great”. Peter deserves "the Great" after his name because his actions‚ though extreme‚ helped developed Russia into a world power. Peter the Great deserved his name because he brought Western ideas to Russia‚ he gained land for Russia

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    The Berlin Crisis of East Germany was a defining period of the Cold War‚ during which both superpowers fought for control over the most highly contested nation in Europe. It can be seen that the major factor in this crisis was the division of Germany into two sectors; East and West Germany and the subsequent attempts by the two superpowers to control both. Following the rapid spread of the Soviet grip over Europe‚ it was in the interests of the USSR to gain control of Germany in its entirety; that

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    The Korean War was the first major ‘proxy war’ of the Cold War‚ and was relatively significant to the development of the Cold War due to a number of factors. Overall it can be seen as a clear example of the United States’ policy of containment in action‚ leading to the vast growth of America’s military capability‚ as well as the globalisation of the Cold War due to the military alliances constructed by the US. Along with this‚ the Korean War ended with the emergence of China as the frontrunner of

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    and at that moment in time them not knowing was what really mattered. He stared through his supposedly closed eyelids at his killer. A girl‚ this time‚ with blonde‚ wavy hip-length hair and startling cyan eyes. That was what got him that time‚ he thought–the eyes-so much like his brothers’ that it seemed it was his kin that was grinning down at his crimson stained corpse. He grinned at her‚ opening his own piercing grey orbs. Unlike all the others who had tried to kill him‚ she stuck out her callused

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    and directors who were virtually kicked out of the film industry because they were labeled communists. McCarran Internal Security Bill: prohibited any action that might lead to the establishment of a communist or totalitarian government in the US. Truman vetoed‚ but Congress overrides it. Alger Hiss was accused of spying for the Soviet Union. There were too many years that had gone by for the government to prosecute Hiss. With espionage he was still sent to jail. Hiss said that he was innocent and

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    fallowing the Second World War is known as the Cold War. This period was full of tension and fear that the United States and the USSR would destroy each other and the world with their arsenals of atomic weapons. The seeds of this rivalry were planted nearly a quarter of a century before its actual commencement with the Revolution of 1918 in Russia. The Cold War Rivalry would manifest itself in everything from sports in Olympic competition to science and the Space Race. The Cold War did not only take place

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    Was the Civil War a Just War? The Vindication of Clement Vallandigham Clement Vallandigham believed the American Civil War was unjust and as a result he was “tried by court-martial‚ convicted‚ and sentenced to a term in a military prison during the continuance of the war” (234). Vallandigham’s loyalty was not to President Lincoln but to the principles that this country was supposed to stand for. The Declaration of Independence says the government is established by the people in order to protect

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    Arthur Miller produced a play known as “The 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

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    After the end of World War Two‚ the world was split into two‚ east and west. This marked the beginning of an era called the Cold War. The Cold War was the most subtle war in history‚ but the world came very close to a nuclear war that had the potential to inevitably wipe out mankind. The two main opponents in this war were the Soviet Union and the United States. With Canada being the United States neighbour to the north and close to The Soviet Union geographically‚ Canada allied itself with the United

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