Tension In The Cold War Essay
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The Cold War is a war that was a period of political and military tension between both the United States and The USSR. The United States had its NATO allies, while the Soviet Union had its Easter Bloc. This tension lasted for about 40 years until the fall of the communist Soviet Union. The United States and the Soviet Union were the only superpowers in the world with many economic and political differences. The Soviet Union was communist which meant that everything belonged to the Soviet Union. The United States is a democracy which meant governed by the people. This differences created a lot of tension between them. The Cold War created a Red Scare in the United States from 1947 to 1957. This was known as the second Red Scare. A Red Scare is a fear of the rise of communism. During that time many people believed that many of the United States leaders were
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communist. Therefore, this lead to a lot of dysfunction between the people and the government. This lead to many committees being made in order to avoid communism from spreading into the United States. One of these committees was led by Senator Joseph McCarthy. The committees goal was to end communism inside the federal and state governments. Many people who worked for the government were believed to be communist.
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Cuba asked The USSR to do so and the USSR accepted it. The United found out so they set out a military blockade in Cuba. They also wanted the missiles that were now in Cuba to be dismantled. This was an important standoff between two world powers because both wanted to demonstrate their power. If both sides did not agree to any of the terms both side offered they both would have gone to war. That war would have cost thousands of lives because it would be the first ever nuclear war. In order for Russia to not station nuclear warheads in Cuba, The United States agreed to dismantle their warhead in Italy and
In this essay, the author
- Explains that the ussr agreed to place nuclear warheads in communist cuba and set out a military blockade in cuba.
- Opines that russia can be viewed as bad, but they will always be remembered.
- Describes the cold war as a period of political and military tension between the united states and the ussr.
- Explains that the ussr agreed to place nuclear warheads in communist cuba and set out a military blockade in cuba.
- Opines that russia can be viewed as bad, but they will always be remembered.
- Describes the cold war as a period of political and military tension between the united states and the ussr.
- Explains that many committees were made to prevent communism from spreading into the united states, including senator joseph mccarthy.
- Explains that franklin d. roosevelt created a foreign policy called the good neighbor policy, which has helped the united states grow and have better foreign policies with the western hemisphere.
- Opines that the united states and russia are the most powerful countries in the world. they have had many proxy wars, but they have not actually gone face to face.
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2673 wordsRead More - The Cold War in 1945 to 1953 brought about a period of tension and hostility due to the feud between the United States and the Soviet Union. The period began with the end of the Second World War. The situation acquired the title for there was no physical active war between the two rivals. The probability of the tension got to be the fear of the then rise in nuclear ammunition. Things began to roll when a US based U2 sky plane got to take photos of some USSR intermediate ballistic missiles with the capability of transporting nuclear heads.
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- Defines civil liberties as the basic rights and freedoms of an individual granted to citizens in the united states and the entire world through the national common law or the statute law.
- Explains that the cold war brought about a period of tension and hostility due to the feud between the united states and the soviet union.
- Analyzes how the cold war intensified in the late 1940s and early 1950s because of the hysteria that the us citizens developed.
- Defines civil liberties as the basic rights and freedoms of an individual granted to citizens in the united states and the entire world through the national common law or the statute law.
- Explains that the cold war brought about a period of tension and hostility due to the feud between the united states and the soviet union.
- Analyzes how the cold war intensified in the late 1940s and early 1950s because of the hysteria that the us citizens developed.
- Explains the effects of the red scare on the us and the united states government.
- Explains that the ussr undertook espionage activities in the country with the help of us citizens especially during the world war 2. the americans' concerns on communism increased when they heard of the international occurrences concerning the successes of nuclear tests.
- Explains that the government had to question the citizens and its employees, which led to the limitation of the freedom of speech.
- Explains that the us government limited travelers from all over the world in order to protect the citizens. the communists took control of china after testing a nuclear bomb.
- Analyzes how the red scare intensified, leading to a conservative political climate, and the decreasing voices on the left side of the political spectrum.
- Analyzes how the supreme court eroded support for freedom of speech and other civil liberties. the red scare affected communists, who were hounded and quarantined from their friends and families.
- Explains that the cold war sparked a revolution with the civil rights movements in the usa.
- Explains that the cold war led to many impacts in many countries in the world and their relationships. the united states became a superpower with several countries that had been under the rule of the soviet union attaining independence.
- Explains that as the war ended, the americans got in a bid of improving the living standards, but the minority groups started fighting for their rights so as to enjoy their privileges.
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