Cold War Essay Amber Googins “Please do not make any concessions.” Thusenelda Martin of the American Legion Auxiliary wrote a letter on November 6, 1961 to John F. Kennedy, the President of the United States during the time of the Cold War. Many people were worried that the United States was going to oppose threats to other countries like Berlin. This is why Franklin D. Joseph, Winston Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin attended the Yalta Conference to discuss the re-establishment of the nations…
War 1 Norma Jean Smith His104 World Civilization 11 ABG1007A The Cold War of the 1900 Century Jill Walsh March 15, 2010 War 2 The Cold War of the 1900 Century The Cold War period lasted from the mid-1940 's until the late 1980 's. During this period international politics were shaped by this intense rivalry between these two great blocs of power and the political ideologies they represented. The United States and its allies represented democracy and capitalism while…
Second World War, America, Britain and Russia had been allies. However, even before the war was over, differences began to emerge between the countries. These differences grew after the war to eventually cause the Cold War. The tensions that arose in the final months of the war led to Russia and America moving from allies in war to adversaries. The fall of Nazi Germany left two major powers standing, both with the intention of spreading their ideology throughout the rest of post-war Europe and beyond…
was still suffering the affects of World War 1, so communism could spread easily if nothing was done. Marshall said that Eastern Europe would need $30 million to stop poverty and be contained using the Truman Doctrine. This was known as Marshall aid. These policies together were the actions led by the Americans to contain Eastern Europe and not spread communism any further. To a certain extent the USA were responsible for starting the Cold war for several reasons. Firstly Roosevalt…
The Cold War In this module you will learn: 1. FOUR causes of the Cold War [BARE]. 2. NINE events which caused the Cold War. 3. FOUR decisions made at the Yalta Conference. 4. TWO decisions and three disagreements at the Potsdam conference. 5. The ‘salami tactics’ that brought Communists to power in Eastern Europe 6. FIVE causes [CABAN] and FOUR results [CENA] of the Berlin crisis, 1948–9. 7. FIVE ‘Berlin Airlift Facts’. 8. FOUR causes of the Korean War [CJD-Kim]. 9. FIVE phases of the…
As you analyze the documents, take into account the source of each document and any point of view that may be presented in the document. Historical Context: Following World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union emerged as the two superpowers. This created a rivalry between these two nations that became known as the Cold War. While the Cold War affected United States foreign policy, it also had a great effect on United States domestic policy and on American society. . Task: Using information f…
Cold War Essay January 22, 2013 The Cold War For this essay I decided to interview my three friends since we were all hanging out last week. Not sure it was the best group of people to interview since they are all around my age, but I work with what I’m given. Not knowing much about the Cold War myself, it was interesting to see some of the responses they gave me. Not knowing if they were correct or not, I had a fair share of research that had to be done. To start off my interviews I had the…
Who was to blame for the Cold War The USSR or the USA? Who was to Blame? Historians have changed their views about who was to blame for the cold war over the years. Soviet Historians: They blamed to the United States. The Traditionalits: They blamed to the USSR for the Cold War and its attempt to impose its ideology on the of the world Until the 1960s, most historians followed the official government line – that the Cold War was the direct result of Stalin's aggressive Soviet expansionism…
Cold War My first inclination would be to answer the first question with a clear "YES". But come to think of it, the causes of war really have not changed at all, or at least very little. Rather than changes, there has been a shift in the causes. The cause of war which has dominated the last 50 years was the cause of ideology. However, due to the recent end of the Cold War, this cause of war, has significantly declined and is almost trivial. The causes of war have shifted from mainly ideological…
2013 AP History Period 1 DBQ Essay The Cold War began over a period of several years following World War II as a result of increasing political and ideological tensions between the USSR and the USA; the weapons used were political and technological, in that many different types of strategies were utilized. Speeches given by world leaders provide evidence of the escalation of tensions between the two countries. The arms race played a major part in the Cold War, but other factors contributed…