Chapter 17 The Cold War Begins (1945-1952) Postwar America Fear: Americas were terrified the U.S. would fall into another depression and economic hard times would return Problem: Finding jobs and housing for returning soldiers became a large issue GI Bill of Rights/ Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944 * Stated that returning soldiers can now go to college at the governments expense * Each veteran could receive a low interest loan to buy a home‚ a farm or start a business
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The Cold War Did you know that during the Cold War over twenty million people died? It was a pretty devastating war. While the reason it is called the “Cold War” is because it never sparked into an actual war‚ there was still a lot of war going on. I’m here to tell you about the what happened during the Cold War. During the beginning of the Cold War (1947-1991)‚ America devised a strategy called “containment” (“Cold War History”). Containment meant that they would try to stop communism from spreading
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The Korean War was the first major ‘proxy war’ of the Cold War‚ and was relatively significant to the development of the Cold War due to a number of factors. Overall it can be seen as a clear example of the United States’ policy of containment in action‚ leading to the vast growth of America’s military capability‚ as well as the globalisation of the Cold War due to the military alliances constructed by the US. Along with this‚ the Korean War ended with the emergence of China as the frontrunner of
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During the late 19th century Americans wanted to expand their land for the greater or their people. Little did they know their impact on the natives that occupied the west. The amount of land taken from them was so exponential that if it hadn’t happened we wouldn’t be where we are today(doc 1).Although there were reservations for the native americans‚ they used cruel methods to for them out of their land. Some examples of these are forcing them out or if they resisted they would have a battle. Other
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Nuclear weapons in the Cold War changed how wars were fought because it was the beginning of an era where wars were no longer fought in the conventional sense. The creation of nuclear weapons meant that people lived in a constant state of fear of nuclear war. In order to ensure national security and protection states‚ primarily the United States and Russia the leading superpowers in the Cold War‚ needed to have a strong deterrence policy to prevent the other state from launching a nuclear attack
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The Time Period of A Distressed Society Without history‚ I cannot imagine what our world or society would be like. Many events‚ revolutions‚ wars‚ and reformations have taken place throughout the course of history‚ but the era that stands out to me is the World War II and the Cold War era that lasted from 1929-1991. This was the time period where communism fell‚ big economic and social changes were happening‚ opportunities for women increased‚ and civil rights of racial minorities group expanded
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The Cold War‚ lasting from 1945 to 1991‚ was a period of time where the United States undertook a numerous amount of social‚ physical‚ and domestic changes. As the nations economy prospered due to the war‚ the citizens grew more comfortable with certain social modifications. In other words‚ the American state of mind changed which left the country vulnerable to various changes in domesticity. As the country furthered from the likelihood of economic depression‚ birth rates increased as well as marriages
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The Effect of the Cold War Arm’s Race on STEM Occupations during the Cold War Ketib Oldiais Mr. Kelley IB Asian and European History HL 00450- A. Plan of Investigation 5 marks During the Cold War‚ the struggle for power between the communists of Soviet Russia and the pro-democracy politicians of the United States escalated in numerous proxy wars‚ acts of espionage‚ and potential nuclear warfare. Behind it all however‚ the Cold War was a breeding ground for competition in the fields of science‚
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direct war with each other (source 11). This meant that the USSR was only able to support North Vietnam through supplying China with arms who in turn would arm the North Vietnamese (source 11). Nevertheless‚ the Vietnam war was still composed of the “classic Cold War” scenario (source 11)‚ as there was support from the Capitalist west as well as support from the communist East in conflict against each other. In addition‚ the opposing ideologies of the Cold War further influenced the Vietnam war. The
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Suess. This book was published in 1984‚ and it was written as an allegory to the Cold War. It is an anti-war story about the arms race‚ MAD‚ and nuclear weapons. This book was written in the Cold War era about the concerns of the time‚ and how all of life could be destroyed by nuclear war. The Cold War was the time after WWII that involved strong tensions between the Western Bloc and the United States. During the Cold War‚ the Soviet Union attempted to spread Communism‚ while the United States’ policy
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