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Cold War
The nuclear arms race divided the world in a struggle as costly as any another war. East vs. West, Communism vs. Democracy, the Bear vs. the Eagle; all these were major factors in the lives of millions for 4 decades.
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What did the cold war teach us?
The cold war has helped humanity to gain a better understanding of how our actions can affect others
What event in 1957 gave the Soviet Union a head start in the space race?
On the 4th of October 1957, the Soviet Union sent Sputnik into orbit. A month later the Soviets would send Laika, First living creature (a dog) in orbit around the Earth. The Americans thinking that they were years ahead of the Soviets had a nice little wake up call.
The iron curtain Winston Churchill referred to?
The Iron Curtain symbolized dividing of Europe into two isolated parts:
- Russia and her satellite countries, which formed military Warsaw Pact and economic Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
- democratic counties of Western Europe which formed North Atlantic Treaty Organization (with USA) and European Community
Winston Churchill use words "iron curtain" during his speech on 5 March 1946, at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri:
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From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an "iron curtain" has descended across the Continent. Behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of Central and Eastern Europe. Warsaw, Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade, Bucharest and Sofia; all these famous cities and the populations around them lie in what I must call the Soviet sphere, and all are subject, in one form or another, not only to Soviet influence but to a very high and in some cases increasing measure of control from Moscow.
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Boris Yeltsin was born on February 1, 1931 and died on April 23, 2007. Boris Yeltsin would have been 76 years old at the time of death or 84 years old today.
Groupthink
How Truman Doctrine and the Berlin Airlift were examples of the US foreign policy of?
because they were cointaned by communism and would soon surender if not helped
How many years did the Soviet Union last?
as long as satin let them - first person ha ha "satin"...silky...lol anyways the Soviet Union lasted for 74 years (1917-1991) -me!
Which was one of the areas of disagreement between the soviet union and the US during the cold war?
The "Big Three" (Stalin, who ran The soviet union, F.D.R, president of the United States, and Churchill, president of England) Met at the Yalta conference briefly before the end of WWII to discuss matters about Germany. They decided at the end of the conference to split Germany up into four parts, American zone, French zone, British zone, and Soviet zone. After Germany was able to stand on its two feet again, they American zone, French, and British zone formed together as Western Germany. Stalin went back on his word and kept his share of Germany and turned that into Eastern Germany, which was communist. Since Berlin was in Stalin's territory, Berlin was to split in half, Western was democratic, and Eastern was communist. With Europe picking sides, half of Europe was communist, and half wasn't. During this, Stalin didn't want East Berlin to get to West Berlin, so he made a wall. To answer your question... The U.S. dissagreed about communism during the cold war.
Did Joseph Stalin cause the Cold War?
Josef Stalin was the Soviet dictator that added to Soviet-American tension. However, he died before the start of the Cold War itself.
The iron curtain and Berlin wall fell in which year?
The 'iron curtain' was taken from a speech by Winston Churchill at Fulton Missouri in 1946. He was talking about the spread of communism in Eastern Europe and said that 'from Stettin on the Baltic to Trieste on the Adriatic, an Iron Curtain has descended over Europe'. He meant that Europe was now split into two zones - East and West. This didn't change until the fall of communism in 1991.
The Berlin airlift was president trumanns response to what?
The Berlin Airlift was in reaction to the Berlin Blockade. The United States and allies delivered supplies to West Berlin.
The Soviet Union announced that it would declare war on Japan several times, but Stalin continued to delay the actual declaration. This ultimately led to the upsetting of the US and its allies.
Where is the 38Th parelle located?
The 38th Parallel is an IMAGINARY line that does NOT exist; you cannot see it. It is a man made tool used to navigate, originally over the oceans. Only on maps can the line be seen (since maps are man made). The 38th Parallel runs from left to right (or right to left-east to west-west to east) and is between the 45th and 30th degree marks. Pretty much cutting Korea right down the middle (side ways of course-dividing Korea in half).
Detente
What conference is regarded as a diplomatic victory for soviets?
Either Potsdam or Tehran, but I am guessing......
After World War 2 Korea became politically divided when?
Communists and non-Communists began to fight in the region.
... which started in 1950, and an armistice was signed July 1953. The current division became permanent then, although it was roughly the same when hostilities began. In other words, they endured three years of conflict for absolutely nothing!
Joseph McCarthy
The Cuban Misslie Crisis was a standoff between what two countries?
united states and soviet union! brittany mccoy c/o2012
A period of eased tensions between countries is known as what?
When two or more nations experience a lessening of hostilities the result is called detente. The United States and the Soviet Union experience this in the early 1980s.
Western Bloc
What did the Berlin airlift demonstrate?
By July 1, C-54s were slowly taking over airlift flights, and they were operating 24 hours a day. Rhein-Main Air Base in Frankfort was made exclusive C-54 base, and Wiesbaden was a mix of C-54s and C-47s. To accommodate these two different aircraft, General smith established a block system, giving the bigger, faster C-54s priority. They were also given radio codes to identify each type and the direction it was going. C-47s going East to Berlin were called "Easy," returning C-47s traveling West, were called "Willie." C-54s had the names 'Big Easy' and "Big Willie." Aircraft were also given a spacing of three minutes apart.
The airlift demonstrated that the Allied Powers could prevail.
Which sentence describes a major problem facing the Soviet Union near the end of the Cold War?
Its command economy could not produce enough necessary goods for its citizens.
