3. Analyze the ways in which the cold war affected the political development of European nations from the end of the Second World War in 1945 to the construction of the Berlin wall in 1961. From 1945 to 1961‚ the cold war affected the political development of European nations by causing the formation of the Iron Curtain‚ which was the division of a free‚ democratic West and a totalitarian East. Socially‚ NATO and the COMECON were established‚ which formed the west and east into different blocs.
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nation of the United States of America. Many Americans believe that people who believe in Communist teachings are corrupt. In 1950‚ a historical event happened in the US timeline; the Red Scare. Joe McCarthy became a Senator for the state of Wisconsin in 1947. The Red Scare happened from 1947-1957‚ “The Cold War‚ which began after the end of World War II‚ was a period where Americans were extremely paranoid about the threat of Communism.” (“Background to the Red Scare” Par. 1) The Cold War was a period
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INTRODUCTION In 1945‚ post-World War II‚ Eastern Europe was somewhat divided into two sets of states; Germany and its former allies (including Romania and Hungary)‚ and countries who had fallen victim to the Nazi regime (including Poland and Czechoslovakia). The continent of Europe itself was left in a ravaged and desolate state after the war‚ leaving its economies in disrepair; most notably in the East. Due to the dire social and economic situations in these eastern countries‚ there was a growing
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The Cold War was a major event that shaped the American scientific community and the university system. Universities targeted their focus on creating more doctorate students particularly‚ in scientific fields such as Physics in order to man the large scale science projects happening in the United States. The scientific community became more dependent on the support of the government to create laboratories and provide equipment for their research and development. Though this aid created a lack of
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North Korea has a communist‚ state-run‚ one-man dictatorship. However‚ North korea has gone through many steps to get where they are today. In 668 A.d.‚ Koreans were united by the Silla Dynasty. This dynasty united three kingdoms of Korea which included Silla‚ Paekhe‚ and Koruryo. After the unification‚ Korea obtained a more organized bureaucratic model which was in accord with China. This system divided the Korean peninsula into 9 different provinces. The system also included systems of ministries
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capitalism‚ for example‚ tend to have more civil cooperation than totalitarian and communist countries with enhanced bureaucratic control. During times of war‚ governments frequently implement extreme bureaucratic measures that affect the disempowered and minority populations the most. The U.S. government exhibited some of this extreme bureaucracy during World War II after the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Fueled by the attack and the fear that Japanese Americans were a threat to national security
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You see pictures today of troops fighting and coming home‚ but have you ever wondered how they took those pictures during the Cold War? The cold war was a time of one-up manship‚ new ideas‚ and new intention that we previously thought was impossible. It lasted from 1949-1991 and even though there was no actual fighting between the United States and the USSR‚ there was atomic bomb threats‚ proxy wars‚ and the race to get to space. During the Cold War many people got new ideas‚ and a lot of money was
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During the era of the 1950’s‚ at the height of the Cold War‚ McCarthyism arose as a result of fear of the spread of communism in the United States. McCarthyism‚ named after Senator Joseph McCarthy‚ was a term which described the lack of evidence and false accusations used against people who were considered communists. Arthur Miller wrote the Crucible because he wanted to show how the relationship of McCarthyism in the 1950’s and McCarthyism in the witch trials during 1692 because the danger of people
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“advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.” Communism is exactly what Americans wanted to prevent during the Cold War. The Cold War started on March 12‚ 1947‚ when Europe had been split in half. Soon after World War I was over‚ an economic and political war between capitalist and communist countries‚ America and the Soviet Union began. Subsequently‚ the United States contained communism
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The Cold War‚ one of the most scariest times in America’s‚ or even the world’s history. The threat of nuclear war was real‚ very real. At any moment America or the U.S.S.R. could destroy the entire world with their assault of nuclear weapons‚ just at a call and a click of a button. This is one of many important times in history‚ and still affects us today. Not only did the North Atlantic Treaty Operation come from the tensions‚ but the bay of pigs‚ the cuban missile crisis‚ the berlin wall (the construction
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