Cold War America

During the first semester of Modern World History 2 class, the class covered many different events, themes, and ideas. We covered the causes of World War I, World War I itself, Totalitarian, Fascism, the causes of World War II, World War II, and the causes of the Cold War. Although many important topics were covered, the most important topic that was covered was the Cold War. The Cold War was the most important topic that had been covered in the first semester because it was waged due to communism. It is important to know why the Cold War was fought, and what were the causes of the Cold War. It was important because, during the Cold War, many nations were fighting for their independence, dangerous nuclear weapons were being created, and colonies became uncolonized.
The impact of the Cold War is still impacting many countries today which makes it a very important lesson that we learned from the class. Since the Cold War was never actually fought in a battle, the Soviet Union and America just threatened each other with nuclear weapons and supported several proxy wars. America supported the democratic side of Vietnam while the Soviet union supported and communist side of Vietnam. The same would happen for Korea’s war (Cold War, Spread of Communism, and Failure of Containment Notes). America would give economic, political, and military support to any country that rejected communism. America gives aid to Greece and Turkey because they rejected communism, they didn’t care if the country was a dictatorship or totalitarian, because their goal was to stop communism. The Soviet Union would do the same, but with countries that were for communism instead of democratic. The USSR offered economical, political, and military support to any country that was for communism. The Cold War is still affecting many countries in the present day which makes it very important. North and South Korea are still divided today because America and USSR had directed participated in the Korean War. This proves that the Cold War is a very important event. However, there are a few other reasons why the Cold War is the most important event learned in the first semester. The closest the world had come to a nuclear war was during the Cold War, which is another reason why it is the most important lesson learned in this semester. The Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest the world had ever come to a nuclear war, and it is important to learn about it so that certain countries will not have …show more content…
It is evident that many great leaders and presidents have knowledge on the Cold War. The Cold War was a horrible time, and many political leaders had made many mistakes during the war, but the world can learn from these mistakes. When students learn about how horrible the Cold War was they will know not to contribute to repeating the past. This obviously shows that the Cold War was the most important lesson learned in the first semester of Modern World History II, and it is arguable to be one of the most important lessons a student could ever learn. For many reasons, it is important to learn about the Cold War, and the events leading up to the