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    The Cold War was one of the wars that made everyone hold their breaths and ponder would would happen next and when. The Cold War was a time period between 1947 to1991 in which the Western powers (US) and the USSR competed with each other in a tense rivalry and strive to outperform one another. It was also one of the key moments in history which spiked a motive and drive to develop and produce new strategies, weapons, and technologies. There was no actual fighting which took place (hence the name

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    Cold War Dbq Essay

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    The American and Soviet Union space programs were in a race to space during the cold war. This space race reflected many political, social, and economic aspects of the cold war. The fact that both countries were in the middle of a cold war didn’t help. The political aspects of the cold war were very different for both countries. America was very worried that, since the Soviet Union had the first satellite in space, they were taking a big first step is controlling the Earth. America also felt

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    Cold War Speech Analysis

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    Within the three short speeches demonstrated in the handout provided, a student quickly realized that the relationship between the U.S. and Soviet Union had drastically changed not only throughout the long years of the Cold War, but also throughout the years of the Gorbachev and Reagan’s administration. Within the first speech, one quickly realizes that Reagan demonstrates animosity and resentment towards the Soviet Union. However, as the year marches on between the composition and delivery of the

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    Cold War: The Space Race

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    of the biggest rivalries between America and the Soviet Union in the 1950’s to the 1970’s. The Space Race was part of something bigger, the Cold War. The Cold War was a time of political and military tension after World War 2, between different powers all over the world, but mainly between the U.S and the Soviet Russia. When people think of the Cold War, one of the many things that come to mind is the Space Race. In this essay I will write mainly about the Space Race and how both countries spent

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    How were sports used as propaganda in the cold war? Introduction The Cold War was a diplomatic war between the two superpowers, USSR and USA. Despite being the two most powerful countries in the world, no actual fighting took place. Instead, the war was fought through various methods of propaganda and threats. Sports were a very large part of propaganda in the Cold War. Countries were trying to prove their superiority in every way, and used sports as an effective method to do so. Soviets and

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    During World War II, the United States and the Soviets put their political differences aside in their need to defeat their common foe, Germany. However, even during the war against Germany, and later Japan, the political and post-war tensions between the United States and the Soviets were ever underlying and continued to grow. As both sides of the Axis allies continued to gain ground, during their victories in Europe, the questions and positioning for future world domination of political ideals

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    Cold By: Na Lin Introduction The Cold War is the relationship between the US and the USSR after WWII.Different views were clashing. Both sides struggle for dominance. They took every chance they can get to expand in the world.It was a rivalry that was open yet restricted.George Orwell was the first person to use the term “Cold War” in an article in England in 1945.The first person to used the term in the United States was by Bernard Baruch in a speech in 1947.The Cold War had solidified by 1947-1948

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    morning in America when he came to power (Richards). The 80s was the tail end of the Cold War.Which was a clash of two titans the Capitalist U.S and the Communist U.S.S.R.The Cold war era saw a rise in popular culture, Especially in Film, The two sought ideological and strategic influence throughout the world. Rocky 4 directed by Sylvester Stallone is one such film that highlights the difficulties of an exhausting Cold War and the possibility of peace between the two archrivals. The 80s began with what

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    “It is clear that fear, greed and revenge were the major factors that caused the Cold War” How far do you agree with this statement when analyzing the causes of the Cold War up to 1949? The responsibility of the origins of the Cold War often triggers questions among historians yet both powers should be blamed for taking part in it. The origins of the Cold War can often be associated with fear, greed and revenge. Through most analyses, the fault was often given to Stalin’s ambitions to expand

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    Although the United States and the Soviet Union were allies during the Second World War against Germany, after the war both superpowers returned to their previous ideological conflict. The period after the Second World War is referred to as the Cold War and it involved the Soviet Union and the United States. The Cold War is an indirect conflict based on the ideologies of communism and capitalist liberal democracy. These superpowers went to extreme lengths to promote their ideology and acted upon

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