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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 country won the French and Indian War?
The French and Indian War is called the 7 years war in England. It was fought in the middle of the 18th century and had major consequences for the French, British and Americans. The French lost virtually all of New France and were effectively kicked out of North America by the British. The British all of North America all the way to the Mississippi River. One after-effect of the war for the British was massive debt that they attemped to tax their American colonies to relieve. It didnt work out so well for the Brits
It depends on which Joseph Mc coy your reffering to. Dr. Joseph McCoy-once leader of the McCoy gang died at age 36 in Southern ,Il.
Where was the U-2 spy plane shot down?
The U-2 was shot down near Degtyarsk, in the Ural Region of Russia.
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Why do all satellites face south?
This allows them to see the entire surface of the Earth. The Earth is rotating East to West. (Or West to East if you were the satellite.) If you placed a satellite into an East-West orbit, it would not see the polar regions. If it were high enough (geo-stationary), it would only see one spot on the Earth. By using North-South (polar) orbits, the satellites will, after several orbits, be able to see the entire surface of the Earth.
What good things came out of the Cold War during the 1960s?
Technological advances and to the end of spreading communism.
The cold war was a time when citizens of the United States viewed themselves as competitors. We had to WIN the Space Race; we HAD to land a man on the moon FIRST! We HAD to have the FASTEST cars! We HAD to have the BEST fighter pilots! We HAD to BEAT the Communists in Vietnam! The United States HAD a PURPOSE! America HAD to WIN!
He was a diplomat/politician and a cold warrior. He was famous for "the policy of containment".
Was there ever going to be a nuclear war in the 1960s?
Yes, there were several wars - The Cold War (1945-1991) and the Vietnam War (1959-1975) primarily, but also the Middle East War, that flared in June 1967 by Israel's preemptive attack on Egyptian and Syrian forces massing to invade.
The strategic defense initiative Star Wars was proposed by what president?
The Strategic Defense Initiative (often nicknamed "Star Wars") was pushed by U.S. President Ronald Regan. The idea was to launch a series of satellites that could detect and destroy with lasers any intercontinental missiles that might be launched against the US . Reagan loved the idea even thought most experts thought it would take 20 years or more to realize, if it could be done at all.
The Star Wars nickname came from the very popular Star Wars movies that were being shown in theaters at time.
What ultimately led to the collapse of the Soviet Union?
In the 1980's Ronald Reagan led a military program that the USSR couldn't keep up with, but this is just a minor reason. The big reason was because Mikhail Gorbachev (Last Soviet leader) tried to mix their kind of communism with democracy. But once the people were given democracy, it was harder and harder to control the country. Soon the Republics of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania were free. Then the Ukraine gained freedom. Then finally a rebellion overthrew the Soviet regime in 1991.
What qualities did gorbachev possess that made the politburo choose him th become the soviet leader?
He got rid of Stalin's labour camps/gulags, got rid of the NKVD, got rid of Stalin's labour camps/gulags, allowed the first religious broadcast on television in the 80's and brought in things from the west (mcdonalds music tv shows)
What was The Soviet Union dissolved the Berlin Wall came down?
The Soviet Union didn't tear it down, the East Germans did it on their own. And it was torn down starting in 1989, not 1987. But what happened to it was they crushed it in a rock crusher and used it to pave roads.
Why was the US and the USSR involved in the Korean war?
The North Koreans were communist and because of this the USSR supported them. The South Koreans were democratic and required help from foreign countries to defend itself from the Northern communists. The Americans were quick to help the South Koreans because they were very anti-communist at this point and wanted to stop the spread of communist through Eastern Europe and Asai.
Boris Yeltsin (1931-2007) was the first President of post-USSR Russia. Elected President in 1991 with 57% of the vote, he defied the August Coup and vowed to turn Russia into a capitalist democracy and as a result won much respect from the the West. Two years later, the new country came on the brink of collapse with an attack on government buildings and a constitutional crisis. However, Yeltsin's government prevailed and the Constitution was revised to give the President more powers. He was reelected in 1996.
The westernisation of Russia was certainly a bumpy ride. Mistakes made in privatising the economy caused large amounts of wealth to fall into the hands of a few "oligarchs". The Yeltsin era was marked by corruption, political and social turmoil, Yeltsin's attempts to intervene against political opposition and the media and a disastrous financial collapse in 1998. By the end of his presidency, he was widely unpopular; his approval rating was rumoured to be about 2%.
Yeltsin resigned on New Year's Eve, 1999. He was succeeded by Vladamir Putin, who was then Prime Minister. Putin could not be any more of a contrast - he came across as boring, but brought stability and strong economic growth.
Where is the 38th parallel located?
In fact it, like all other parallels, circumnavigated the earth. The point it, I suppose, matters is that it divides North & South Korea.
Is the Korean War the cold war?
It depends who is being asked.
One could say that these two wars are one and the same because an armistice, ending the fighting, was signed in 1953, but the conflict that sparked the Korean War was still very alive and continued on. The United States wanted to contain communism and the Soviets wanted to spread it through Europe. The Cold War is often referred to beginning immediately after WWII, and ending in 1991, but that wasn't decided until later. Leaders could not have forseen the longevity of this Conflict. Today, the Korean War can be considered the "Young Cold War" because Kim Il Sung and North Korea was Stalin's first attempt to put his ideas into action. The Cold War Conflict truly was a war, it was just a type the world was unfamiliar with because both sides could have made use of nuclear weapons. Leaders of the Soviet Union and the United States were afraid of the destruction that would be brought to the world, in addition to the risk of starting WWIII.
Some historians believe that the Cold War began with the Bolshevik revolution.
Another view . . .
No, the Korean War was not the Cold War. The Cold War was the term used to describe the situation between the United States and the Soviet Union which was marked by hostile intentions but no actual hostilities. The Korean War was an undeclared war with actual hostilities and military action. The Korean War was partly a result of the Cold War in that South Korea and the United States (and the United Nations allies) fought militarily against North Korea and the Soviet Union and Communist Red China. Absent the backdrop of the Cold War, the Korean War might not have occurred at least with the participation of the super powers engaged in the Cold War.
What impact did the dissolution of union of soviet socialist republics have?
affected nations throughout the world
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.
