Cold War Dbq

War-- a horrific way of justifying our actions and the innocent lives that have been lost, but on the other hand has resolved some of the greatest conflicts in history. Not every issue ever raised in this world is resolved through negotiation and discussion, rather sometimes war becomes a necessity for countries to settle disputes. War is a part of how a society strengthens itself politically, socially, and economically however, ultimately it becomes a country’s abusive use of power.

1947: Truman Doctrine: The Truman Doctrine was one of the policies under President Truman’s “Containment Policy.” In the Doctrine, he requested $400 million to bolster forces in eastern Europe to defend against Communism. Congress agrees and passes the doctrine. Dean Acheson, who was the Secretary of State at the time, argued that the fall of a Communist country will have a “domino” effect on the neighboring countries, and they need to be properly prepared for such a situation. As result of this policy, the US became the “global

1. During the 1970s Conservatives and Liberals clashed over a variety of domestic issues in the U.S. Some of these included abortion, gay rights, women’s rights, welfare, drug use, gun control, and New Deal liberalism just to name a few. Conservatives pushed for several agendas which included reducing taxes, improving morale, and reducing action towards affirmative action. Proposition 13 was one of these agendas established in California, 1978. Prop. 13 sharply cut property taxes in the beliefs that it would promote economic growth. This belief was later the basis of another tax cut towards the federal government that was issued by two members of the Republican party. A reduction in affirmative action was taken when

There have been various ideologies, events, and origins of the Cold War that have dominated American foreign policy from 1946 to 1989. The Cold War was a time of conflict between between the U.S. and the USSR; the two Superpowers saw each other as a threat. Thus they continued to fight to preserve their positions. Each side became involved in events such as the Korean War. They each stood behind the other nations fighting. Together the rise in communism, a rise of the Soviet influence dominated American foreign policy, and the creation of the Warsaw Pact.

In 1947, the Cold War had started, named after how both of the disputing sides did not fight but only threatened each other with new technologies. The U.S and Soviet Union disagreements on political systems and also questioned war reparation, show how they cause the Cold War with their mistrust and technological issues.

During the Cold War there are several events and foreign policy interactions that affected the us. The first subject is the way that the United States and USSR handled nuclear weapons and the fear that people had about them. The Space Race was a time of technological advances in which the US was afraid of what russia would do if they had control over space. Joseph McCarthy and the start of McCarthyism was the start of heavy anti communist views. The tension and fear of the Arms race struck fear into both sides leading to several events caused by each side. Tension and fear during The Cold War had a significant effect on the technology, political views, events, the way people lived, and foreign policy.

After World War two, the west and the Soviets brought up tensions between each other. Countries such as Great Britain, the United States, Canada, France and others practiced a capitalist economy. Capitalism is a free market ideal in which the government has as little intervention to its people as possible. On the other hand, the Soviets practiced a Communist government. Communism is a form of socialism that has its government get involved in everyone’s daily life. This meant that the government determined how much and what kinds of goods would be produced.

Throughout the Cold War, America’s foreign policy made a great difference and was very effective. Document A states that the policy towards the Soviet Union must be long-term, which America did just that. It says to keep the Soviets more of a rival than a partner, which they did very effectively. The Truman Doctrine stated that America would help other countries fight communism both politically and physically. This was very effective because it prevented the spread of communism. The Doctrine was clearly shown in Document B, where the U.S. assisted South Korea from communist North Korea.

Consisting of 44 years of violence and civil unrest from 1947 to 1991, the Cold War was a huge turning-point in history. The Cold War however was a war of avoidance, not combat. Defence systems were heavily funded as deterrence to actual war, the belief being a risk of mutual annihilation would be too great to be the side to make the first move. However, the Cold War caused a large variety of conflict and civil unrest around the world, such as the Korean War, Vietnam War and the Cuban Missile Crisis. The War split the world into supporting either the United States, or the USSR (Soviet Union). Both superpowers were associated with two very different political systems; Capitalism and Communism. The Soviets were very concerned about the spread

The Cold War was a very frightening time for the world. panic rose as tensions grew around the world superpowers. Fear of a 3rd world war raged throughout the globe. The Cold War caused devastation throughout 1947 to 1991 from Western Europe, Korea to Vietnam, and even the U.S. Naturally people have to blame someone for these events. For decades people have disputed, who is the most responsible for the Cold War.The facts and evidence point to the west. The west is the most responsible for various reasons. The Western European Countries let Hitler rise to power. The U.S. Started the arms race. The West quickly criticized Stalin's expansion of the Soviet Union and communism. Some would say that the Cold War's roots go back to World War 2.

After World War II, the Eastern and Western Allies started to grow apart. The Eastern Bloc was led by the Soviet Union and promoted communism, while the Western Bloc was led by the United States and promoted capitalism, through democracy. Both wanted their country’s ideals to spread throughout the world, and at the same time, prevent the opposing superpower from taking over. In an attempt to stop the spread of communism, the United States created NATO and the Truman Doctrine, while the Soviet Union tried to stop democracy by creating the Warsaw Pact. At this point, the world was divided, and most third world countries became pawns in the fight of communism versus capitalism.

Hello Class, For this week’s forum question, I chose to answer the first one. 1. Why was the United States unable to avoid entering a Cold War with the Soviet Union?

The Cold War was a conflict for world dominance between the US and USSR which lasted from 1947 to 1991. It was a power struggle after WW2 which both sides tried to dominate their ideology to the world. As a capitalist and democratic and liberal nation, US promoted free elections and the free market. USSR as a communist and totalitarian state promoted to provide security of her borders and political dominance of the socialist party. In the Cold War, there were not military confrontation because there was no fighting took place.

The Cold War started when Japan and Europe were defeated and the United States and Soviet Union wanted to take power. The US and the Soviet Union had different goals and ideologies. The US is democratic and capitalist and the Soviet Union was a dictatorship and communist. The Cold War was a competition between the US and the Soviet Union to determine who would be the main power. It was named the Cold War as the two nations never actually fought each other.

In response to the situation, Truman announced his doctrine on the 12th March 1947 through a speech, which was designed to appeal to the US Congress in order to obtain money to strengthen non-communist forces in areas vulnerable to Soviet influence. The President had already stressed the seriousness of the international situation, and how Europe was increasingly being divided into two hostile blocks. While capitalism is described as “based upon the will of the majority” and “distinguished by free institutions, representative government, free elections, guarantees of individual liberty, freedom of speech and religion, and freedom from political oppression”. He depicts communism as “based upon the will of a minority forcibly imposed upon the majority” relying upon “terror and oppression, a controlled press and radio, fixed elections, and the suppression of personal freedoms.” This speech very clearly signaled an important stance: capitalism and communism are polar opposites and by stating so, Truman publicly announces rivalry against the USSR. It would be easy to argue that the Cold War started earlier than the