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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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Was Mexico capitalist or communist during the cold war?

Mexico was ruled by the Industrial Revolution Party from the 1920's until 2000. The PRI as it is called is a socialist left party. Until the 1970's the Mexican government had severe restriction on the practice of religion and other party's were not permitted to participate in National elections.

Who wanted the Berlin Wall to be built?

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west german people because east germans were visiting west germany to often. In fact 2.6 million people from the east were escaping to the west....

How was sputnik connected to the cold war?

Sputnik was connected to the Cold War as a test of technological prowess between the United States and the Soviet Union to show who could be the first to create a man made satellite orbit the Earth.

What so-called war spawned the dueling slogans 'Better dead than red' and 'Better red then dead' in the 1950's?

Better Dead than Red was the slogan of American anti-communists in the 1950's. The British pacifist Betrand Russell favoured the opposite slogan "Better Red than Dead" The "so-called war" would have been the Cold War.

What big event happened in 1960?

Francis Gary Powers was shot down over Russia -from over 50,000 feet high -in a reconnaissance aircraft that the US denied having -until the Russians provided parts and pilot.

How did television affect Joseph McCarthy's power?

Well deep inside you can always delipirtabley depend on annoucation meaning it demolished or de considered and disnergrated his chances of being optimistaic so it would make him unworthy or even diabolical.

What was the American dream during the romantic period?

the american dream of romantacism is to be an indivudal an excell in arts and flourish as writter by expressing your feelings and emotions

How did the us react when the soviet union brought down an American U-2 piloted by Francis Gary Powers?

The US claimed that the plane was a weather research aircraft which had strayed into SU airspace, denying that it was a spy plane.

Did the Russians began the sputnik space race yes or no?

The USSR launched the first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, into orbit on the 4th of October, 1957.

What accusations did Joseph McCarthy make againsty many Americans in the 1950s?

Joseph McCarthy was a US Senator in the 1950's, and McCarthyism was a political movement that McCarthy created, based upon a paranoid fear of communist subversion.

What was the cold wars impact on South Africa?

The Soviet Union no longer provided aid and weapons to African countries

How and why did Joseph McCarthy become notorious?

McCarthy was a US Senator from Wisconsin who made a name for himself in the 1950s as a staunch anti-communist. He made numerous unsubstantiated accusations of being communist sympathizers against members of the media and Hollywood.

Why the U-2 spy plane was important to the cold war?

Francis Gary Powers' U-2 shootdown caused the United States to halt U-2 flights over the Soviet Union.

Who were the two superpowers during the Cold War?

The superpowers remained "about" the same during the cold war; Soviet Union/Red China verses US/Britain. Due to a common language, the US & Britain have always retained the strongest ties.

What did Joseph McCarthy do during the cold war?

US citizens had to be carefull how they exercised their freedom of speech during the McCarthy era. Rumors and gossip concerning communism could get those individuals investigated as being communists.

NONSENSE!

McCarthy Vindicated At Last 12/18/2007 http://bit.ly/b2fmz8

"...These intercepted cables proved that there were over 350 Americans spying for the Soviets, and enabled investigators to identify about half of them. Joe McCarthy had access to the information contained in the top secret Venona intercepts, access given him by J. Edgar Hoover and others concerned with the extent of Soviet espionage and penetration, but he could not defend himself against charges of recklessly accusing people of being Soviet agents by revealing the source of his information without alerting the Soviets that some of their most important secrets were known to U.S. Intelligence..."

What was Joseph McCarthy's infamous list?

Nelson Algren, writer

Elmer Bernstein, composer and conductor

David Bohm, physicist and philosopher

Charlie Chaplin, actor and director

Aaron Copland, composer

Bartley Crum, attorney

Howard Da Silva, actor

Jules Dassin, director

Dolores del Río, actress

W. E. B. Du Bois, civil rights activist and author

Howard Fast, writer

John Garfield, actor

Jack Gilford, actor

Ruth Gordon, actress

Lee Grant, actress

Dashiell Hammett, author

Elizabeth Hawes, clothing designer, author, equal rights activist

Lillian Hellman, playwright

Lena Horne, singer

Langston Hughes, writer

Sam Jaffe, actor

Theodore Kaghan, diplomat

Garson Kanin, writer and director

Benjamin Keen, historian

Gypsy Rose Lee, actress and stripper

Cornelius Lanczos, mathematician and physicist

Arthur Laurents, playwright

Philip Loeb, actor

Joseph Losey, director

Burgess Meredith, actor

Arthur Miller, playwright and essayist

Zero Mostel, actor

J. Robert Oppenheimer, physicist, scientific director of the Manhattan Project

Dorothy Parker, writer

Linus Pauling, chemist, winner of two Nobel prizes

Samuel Reber, diplomat

Martin Ritt, actor and director

Paul Robeson, actor, athlete, singer, writer, political activist

Edward G. Robinson, actor

Waldo Salt, screenwriter

Pete Seeger, folk singer

Artie Shaw, jazz musician

Irwin Shaw, writer

William L. Shirer, journalist

Lionel Stander, actor

Paul Sweezy, economist and founder-editor of Monthly Review

Charles W. Thayer, diplomat

Tsien Hsue-shen, physicist

These are a few of them, but for more, go to the links below.

What was George F Kennan's role during the Cold War?

His "long telegram" inspired NSC-68, the classified report that recommended communist containment.

What effects did the Cold War have on the United States and the Soviet Union?

The super powers were both spending more than they could afford on this

"bloodles war" and society will be bearing the brunt of this trauma for five

or more decades if not for centuries.

Did Finland win the Cold War?

No, Finland has always been in Western Europe, a democracy just like France, Norway, Italy etc.

What was Elvis Presley doing the cold war?

He served in the Army in Germany during the cold war.

What did James Dean have to do with the cold war?

James Dean was born in Marion, Indiana and was raised in Fairmount, Indiana.