Miracle Of Men's Hockey Research Paper

Do you believe in miracles? The 1980 Gold Medal in Men’s Hockey was a miracle. When this game was played, the Cold War was going on between the United States and the Soviet Union. People in the United States felt “Nervous, scared and anxious.” (Graves, P.) The 1980’s U.S. Men’s Hockey Team brought the United States together during a difficult time in the Cold War. Before the U.S. Men’s Team won the Gold Medal in Hockey, Americans’ spirits were low due to the Cold War. The Cold War wasn’t actually a real war. Instead, it was a struggle between the United States and its allies and the Soviet Union and its satellite states for supremacy. The Cold War was from 1947- 1991. (The Cold War) In the late 1970’s, the Soviets were installing communist …show more content…
and Soviet relationship still wasn’t good. The relationship between the U.S. and Soviet Union didn’t get better till 1991. (United States Relations with Russia: After the Cold War) On December 25, 1991, the Soviet Leader President Gerbachev brought the Soviet Union to an end. “The United States recognized the independence of all former Soviet Republics, and established diplomatic relations with Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Ukraine. This made the U.S. people happy. (United States Relations with Russia: After the Cold War) Even though the Cold War is over, the U.S. and Russia still have problems with each other. Political leaders of both countries are fighting. With the election, the U.S. had trouble with Russia. Russian hackers somehow hacked the voting system. This has caused major problems between the two countries, even between people in the U.S. There has even been threats of nuclear missiles. Russia’s President Vladimir Putin threatened to shoot down any American plane that attacks the forces of Syria’s despot, Bashar al-Assad. (The Threat from