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Chapter 7.2 Final Paper

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Unit 7 Writing Assignment Review 7.2 Final Short Paper Throughout the course readings, discussions, and short papers you have explored events, topics, and themes in history that range from 1877 to the present. As this course concludes consider all that has been covered. Select any two events/topics/themes that we have learned about that you feel are essential to understanding America as it is today and explain why. Take the time to think carefully about this topic and conduct research that supports your ideas. Feel free to engage in a dialogue on this with your peers in the General Questions forum. At the end of Module Eight you will submit a final short paper. As always, please refer to the Short Paper Guidelines and …show more content…

Germany also had to accept blame for starting the war and pay for all the damage of the war. This was in the amount of £ 6,600 million. I do not feel that this ultimately reinforced the conditions from before the war. Before the war, Germany was strong and wanted to be stronger. After the treaty, they were left in a position that they would not recover from. WWII consisted of many events that increased tensions between the East and the West. The two main countries were the United States and the Soviet Union. The allies (the western powers) and the Soviet Union had an alliance during the second war. When the war ended the alliance began to get frayed at the edges. At the end of the war most of Europe was occupied by four countries. The United States and the Soviet Union had the most powerful military forces. The Cold War got its name because neither the United States nor the Soviet Union wanted to openly fight each other and they were afraid of each other’s power. Communism came to the Soviet Union in 1918. The United States didn’t trust the communist. Communism’s goal was to bring down capitalism in any way possible. When Stalin came into power in 1924, the US mistrusted him even more. During this time, Germany was in the process of building itself up. Stalin was concerned that Russia would be attacked and the US was concerned watching Hitler spread his rule. Hitler had grown up in a strong Germany and he wanted to restore his country to that

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