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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 is Vladimir Lenin important role during the cold war?
Lenin didn't do anything during the cold war. The Cold War started after WWII and Lenin died before that in 1924.
What happened on September 2 1949 that changed the nature of the cold war?
The Soviets got the "bomb" in '49 (they exploded their first nuclear device). Now, the US & USSR had the same weapon. Red China would be next. Then there would be three.
What parallels did Miller see between the Salem witch trials and the Senate hearing?
Arthur Miller saw a number of parallels between the Salem witch trials and the Senate hearings during the Red Scare. [2] Miller saw liberals become paralyzed when they saw civil rights being violated and feared that they would be accused, just as the Puritans became fearful of speaking out. The Red Scare, like the witch trials, dominated people's minds. Just as Proctor spoke out against the accusations, Miller believed that individuals could still speak out. Also, people could be excused from the accusations by naming others during the Red Scare, just as the accused in Salem could escape the consequences by naming others. [3] Those who wield power can use similar tactics to try to intimidate others, but people need to use their individual powers to fight back.
Why did President Kennedy support the Bay of Pigs invasion?
This was during the Cold War era when it was believed that the Soviet Union was trying to take over the world, bit by bit, and Cuba, as a communist country, was an ally of the Soviet Union, and hence necessarily an enemy of the US, which did not wish to be taken over by communism. The Bay of Pigs invasion was a counter-revolution, designed to overthrow the communist regime of Fidel Castro. At that time (the 1960's) the US supported all forms of anti-communism. That's how the Cold War was fought.
What happened when more people came to work in factories during the Industrial Revolution?
There were not enough houses for people to live in (and back then they had no planning permission) so richer people used to build single roomed houses and rent them out for almost all of the poeples wages.
The factory owners would pay the workers in tokens that could only be spent at their shop so they were charged riculous prices. That is how the co-op started. A few men got together and sold things (of good quality) in the front room of one mans house and the factory workers were able to have some money left over to buy things they needed like clothes and other necessities.
What was George Kennan's proposed policy toward the soviet union?
That policy is called the 'containment policy'. It led to the US involvement in the Korean and Vietnam wars, among others.
What were the two political ideologies used in the cold war and how did they differ from each other?
The two political ideologies used in the Cold War were democracy and communism. The United States was a democratic country while the Soviet Union was communist dictatorship. We elected our leaders while they had no choice of who was in charge.
Why did Stalin fear a reunited Germany during the cold war?
Before WWII- They knew Germany was angry and wanted revenge also they knew it had some very powerful political leaders who would just love to take over the Earth.
Currently- They are one of the richest countries in Europe and would have no problem manufacturing weapons and vehicles. They also have alot of allies who wouldn't turn their back on Germany. Also they have very advanced technology for a country. As you may of heard German engineering out beats American technology. And finally they would have learned alot from their loss in WWII.
In what part of the world was the Cold War fought?
increasingly costly arms race, and a failed war in Afghanistan. A new generation of leadership came to power in 1985 in the person of Gorbachev. He was determined to end the Cold War and to bring economic and political reform to the Soviet Union. He initiated dramatic new agreements with the United States, involving unilateral concessions in the armaments race. He also brought an end to Soviet support of client governments in Eastern Europe and in Cuba. He relaxed the police state repression in the Soviet empire and took steps to introduce a democratic political process.
These initiatives rapidly improved relations with the United States and brought an end to the Cold War. What Gorbachev had not anticipated, however, was that, without the domination of the police and a monopoly of power in the hands of the Communist Party, the Soviet empire would collapse into 16 different national parts. Nationalism, always a potent force in the modern world, brought about the collapse of the Soviet Union by 1991.
Why was Berlin a cold war flashpoint between 1957 to 1963?
Because their was a wall down the Middle, separating East Germany and Berlin from West Germany and West Berlin. The East side was supported by the Soviets while the West side was supported by Americans.
The most pressing problem for the new Russian government after the Soviet Union collapsed was?
the economy
How did Korea become a post WWII cold war issue between the us and the soviet union?
At Yalta, the US asked the USSR to declare war on Japan. Russia wanted Korea as its reward. Instead Korea was divided in half, the People's Republic of North Korea and the Republic of South Korea. In 1950, Communist North Korea invaded the South.
How did Kennedy handle the cold war affairs?
Kennedy responded to the events of the Cold War very rapidly by issuing a number of statements and initiating contact with a number of other countries.
What differences separated the Soviet Union from the US in the years following World War 2?
The United States had a capitalist economy; the Soviet Union had a command economy.
What is the connection between the domino theory and the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Long story short, It all happened with the Bay of Pigs fiasco to remove Castro from power by using anti-Castro refugees to stage a revolt but it failed. Later a U-2 captured photos of Soviet missiles bases in Cuba but in a larger sense. Kennedy declared a naval blockade on Cuba and pressed Khruschev to take the nukes from Cuba but He refused. Kennedy mobilized the military for a possible invasion of Cuba. He probably knew the Soviets would fire its warheads from Cuba to hit Washington, New York, And Miami, etc. Also start a nuclear war with the Soviet Union. On October 27th, Khruschev agreed to take the missiles from Cuba in secret they did it if Kennedy took the missiles from Turkey pointed at the USSR.
What was the major political consequence of the Cold War?
Basically its just a "contest" between America and Soviet Union.... they started a race to see who made the most weapons... but its crazy because a war never actually broke out!! Funny, huh?
^^That didn't really answer the question... war DID break out, in Vietnam, Korea, and Afghanistan, all "proxy wars" of the cold war between the USSR and the USA. But the political impact was that it lead to the collapse of the Soviet Union, which was communist, and became democratic post-cold war.
What was quarantine during the cold war?
Berlin blockade. The Soviets blockaded West Berlin to force it to become communist (it was democratic). The Berlin Airlift is when the US airlifted supplies to West Berlin. You know so they don't give in to communism.
What were the outcomes of the Space race and Arms race between the two Cold War superpowers?
The outcome of the Arms race was the result of the treaties of SALT I and SALT II which in simple terms are the reduction of the weapons of mass destruction (WMD) the space race on the other hand it finish with the treaty of the construction International Space Station (ISS)
The Berlin Wall came down
When was the Berlin Wall put up and when was it knocked down?
The Berlin Wall was put up in 1961 and torn down in 1989.
Who controlled East Germany during the cold war?
West Berlin, like West Germany, was divided into three zones, one each for the British, French and Americans. East Berlin and East Germany were controlled by the Soviets. Problems arose because Berlin was ninety miles deep into the Soviet Sector, which became East Germany.
