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    McCarthyism and It ’s Affect on the Cold War The Cold War is categorized by intercontinental associations during the time of Europe’s innovations. The long lasting effects and extensive lasting supporters still hold strong for Europe. The Cold War came about by public speculations and pressures in Europe at the close of World War II and by collective control quarrels amid the Soviet Union. Financial parting among the Soviets and the west also amplified pressures‚ along with the risk of

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    The Cold War triggered an explosion of growth and interconnectivity. And it came close to triggering several other literal explosions. Global economy changed abundantly because of the cold war. Fighting broke out in many developing countries‚ stunting the growth of their economy‚ and widening the gap between the poor and rich. Other developed countries spent exorbitant amounts of money stockpiling weapons. Although the cold war did not have all good effects on the economy‚ it did lead to

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    Slavery had always had its critics in America‚ so as the slave trade grew‚ so did the opposition. The slave labor enabled the colonies to become so profitable‚ that in 1660 England’s King Charles the second established the royal African company to transport humans from Africa to America. When England finally outlawed its slave trade in 1807‚ America relied on its own internal slave trade. By 1860‚ millions of slaves were still moved and sold in the colonies‚ but no new slaves were imported into the

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    Before World War II‚ the United States was experiencing a Great Depression. The economy was down and there was a high rate of unemployment. World War II helped America get out of that depression‚ it helped the economy go back up. The Cold War was the one to encourage industrial production. Because of it more military weapons were manufactured. Weapons like tanks‚ aircrafts‚ and missiles. All of the war productions helped the economy because of the high demand on military supplies. There were less

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    McCarthyism was introduced by Senator Joseph McCarthy during the Second Red Scare that in general lasted between 1950 and 1956. During this period‚ McCarthy accused thousands of Americans of being "communists or communist sympathizers‚" leading to government and private-industry investigations and hearings. McCarthy’s primary targets were "government employees‚ those in the entertainment industry‚ educators and union activists" ("McCarthyism"). Several post-World War II events led to the Second

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    the United States of America to assume. The economy in the United States flourished as imperialism continued to expand. The United States was also equipped with the top military forces in the entire world‚ making it easy for them to take over other countries. The U.S also believed imperialism was going hand-in-hand with the idea of Manifest Destiny. Not only did imperialism help the U.S thrive economically‚ but it helped the entire world thrive. With the spread of the imperialism‚ the United States

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    The Cold War era was guided by the policy of “containment”. The word was mainly used only in its foreign policy version‚ first articulated by George F. Kennan in 1947. Through actions of the United States‚ the power of the Soviet Union would not endanger national security if it could be contained within a clearly defined sphere of influence. (The Sources of Soviet Conduct) However‚ this term also describes the United States government’s response to other postwar domestic developments. Although many

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    Essay 1 Octavian Stoch The former Soviet Union is the chief reason for the onset of the Cold War‚ as a result of their aggressive actions they forced the United States to protect their own interests and therefore world peace. However‚ in order to see why the Soviet action constituted United States intervention we must take a look back at the end of World War II‚ the Yalta Conference. This meeting was to begin the long process of the rebuilding of Europe and the establishment of free elections in

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    to finance any war or economic losses. This time‚ the case was more complex; The Empire was engaged into The Seven Years’ war which took place on different frontiers in New World‚ Africa and India. In order to overcome the economic crisis caused by the War policy of new taxes was started. This policy of new taxes called the Stamp Tax was imposed on 13 colonies in America. In future this policy of Stamp Act gradually will lead to a war which will result with independent United States of America.

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    setting up in that part of the world was something the United States could live with.” The US was rather more concerned for a mutual benefit and wanted a working relation with the USSR. The U.S. were most interested in the west Europe‚ they wanted to introduce there ideology‚ demarcation‚ by trying not to collaborate‚ “‚” Roosevelt-style—that is‚ by trying to work hand-in-hand with each other on whatever problems turned up. Instead‚ they could get along by pulling apart. Robert describes “ideologies

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