Effects of the Cold War on Canada The distrust between the Western World and Communists‚ as well as the conditions after WWII caused the Cold War to begin. From 1946 to 1991 a mass arms race rose and Canada was stuck in between the grudge of capitalism and communism. The Cold War affected Canada through Canadian citizens fear of being nuked‚ sexism against women and the unfair treatment towards communists & socialists. With Canada’s ally the United States partaking in the Cold War with the Soviet
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following World War II was based on a long ideological power struggle between the Soviet Union. This heated period between the two superpowers was given the name Cold War because it never resulted in military engagements between the two countries and was more of a competition over military superiority and political influence. The U.S. embarked on a policy of containment to stop the spread of communism‚ and fought numerous proxy wars to prevent new communist governments from forming. The Cold War simplified
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1st November 1955 and the United States of America are united in fighting against Communism. Hundreds of young American men have been recruited “against” their will‚ to serve their government’s military service in Vietnam‚ assisting the South in fighting off the Communist North. In Vietnam‚ American troops with no answers as to who the enemy was and why they were fighting‚ young men found themselves trapped in a tough unfamiliar environment amongst heavy guerrilla warfare. Later they would speak
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mistakes that the US must learn from to prevent themselves from being deceived by enemies‚ both foreign and domestic. For example‚ during the Cold War‚ the United States wanted to “contain” communism to the regimes that had initially declared it as their standard of government‚ which is why the United States pleaded to the United Nations to intervene in the Korean War. Initially the United States was only to intervene under the containment doctrine which provided a limit as to how far the United States
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global nuclear war‚ with the two most powerful nations‚ United States and Soviet Union entangled in a standoff. The Soviet Union‚ under Premier Nikita Khrushchev had secretly deployed medium range ballistic missiles and intermediate range ballistic missiles to Cuba with Cuban leader Fidel Castro ’s consent. The missiles which posed a direct threat to U.S cities‚ military installations and the general population were intended to counter a strategic imbalance between U.S.S.R and U.S incase war erupted‚ given
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THE COLD WAR in the 1960’s * MAD Theory (Mutually Assured Destruction) * The Cuban Missile Crisis (Oct. 1962) * Why the crisis happened? (Khrushchev‚ Fidel Castro & Cuba) * Was JFK a hawk or a dove? * Impacts of the crisis: flexible response & trend toward détente * Missles out of Cuba * Missles out of Germany * Can’t invade Cuba with force. THE WAR IN VIETNAM * It was America’s longest war * Some numbers: $ 150 billion ($600
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Cold War: Cuba The Cuban Missile Crisis Worksheet 10 Extended Writing Essay Amber Fox-Martin Planning Timeline 1945 – Hiroshima and Nagasaki Bombing 1949 – Soviet Union develops atomic bomb 1959 – Fidel Castro takes control of Cuba via a Coup 1960 – US places trade embargo on Cuba 1961 – US break diplomatic relations with Cuba (Steps taken by America ‘declared war’‚ Cuba ready to revolt) 17 April 1961 – 1500 Cuban exiles land on Bay of Pigs; intention overthrowing Castro September 1962
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The Cold War started around the time of the end of World WarII (1945) and went on until the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1991. Karl Marx‚ a German revolutionary‚ was critical of the societies of Europe and the US. He believed because they were dominated by capitalism‚ that they werenʼt for the masses‚ but for the individual. Well‚ thatʼs what communism is based on‚ but corruption has a way of bleeding in. Stalin and WWII Under Stalinʼs rule‚ the Soviets diverted resources to their military and
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Lucile Poitevin Who was more responsible for the Cold War? The Cold War was an undeclared and nonviolent War between the USA and the USSR. There are different points of view to the date of the beginning of the Cold War by the historian. They argue that it started in July 1945‚ at the Potsdam Conference. Others argue that the dropping of the atomic bomb in August 1945 was the actual start of the Cold War. To open up‚ we are going to observe how the USA was more responsible‚ to follow we are going
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The Cold War is considered to be a significant event in Modern World History. The Cold War dominated a rather long time period: between 1945‚ or the end of the World War II‚ and 1990‚ the collapse of the USSR. This period involved the relationships between two superpowers: the United States and the USSR. The Cold War began in Eastern Europe and Germany‚ according to the researchers of the Institute of Contemporary British History (Warner 15). Researchers state that “the USSR and the United States
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