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    Joseph Mccarthy Red Scare

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    War between the United States and the Soviet Union enhanced in 1940s and 1950s. Thereafter, agitation advanced over the anticipated threat made by Communists in the U.S., and this became known as the Red Scare. Many were confused, and many were not happy about the decisions made during this time. Furthermore, the actions made eventually followed to a content community. Joseph McCarthy was a U.S. senator from Wisconsin. He intended to uncover and suppress domestic communists during the 1950s.…

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    Cold War Dbq

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    early 1950’s. The communists in the U.S. eventually became known as the Red Scare. They were also to referred as “Reds.” Some federal employees were examined to determine they were loyal to the House Un-American Activities Committee. After that, the Red Scare started fading during the 1950's. The Soviet spies and the American government became engaged in a series of economic disasters then which became the Cold War. According to History, “During World War II, the United States and the Soviet…

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    The Greek Civil War

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    countries manipulating Greece during its Civil War beginning in 1943, for their own gains, contributed powerfully to the successful conflict against communist forces within and outside of Greece. This war would transpire with the aid of foreign states to show the world the weaknesses in the supposed victorious and all- powerful ideology, and that these communist forces could be defeated under the right circumstances. The Greek Civil War violently escalated to a lengthy proxy war that included…

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    1. What kind of social resentments are evident in McCarthy 's speech? In his speech, McCarthy most obviously resents the fact that five years after World War II, the United States is not at peace and instead they face the oncoming Cold War. At the close of the Second World War, McCarthy argues that “…men’s hearts should anticipate a long peace, and men’s minds should be free from the heavy weight that comes with war” (Foner 235), but this is robbed from them due to the increased tensions with…

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    The Vietnam War was fought because North Vietnam was trying to reunite South Vietnam to become one communist state, so Anti-Communist forces intervened to stop the spread of Communism and supported South Vietnam. In the Vietnam War, North Vietnam was supported by the communist forces such as the Soviet Union and China, and South Vietnam was supported by the Anti-Communist forces like the Unites States of America, South Korea, and Thailand. The Vietnam War took place in Vietnam, Cambodia, and…

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    about who the enemy is, the communist strategy, communist plans to sabotage education, where we are heading as a country, and how to take out Communism. Curtis Bowers gives vital information on Communism, its ways, and how it is making its rise in the world again. Curtis Bowers goes into detail about how Communism is coming into America today. First, Bowers talks about the book The Naked Communist by Willard Cleon Skousen. This book gives the strategy of the communist, along with the goals to…

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    38th Parallel Analysis

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    but would eventually become that once the United States and other countries decided to get involved in the Korean Civil War (Office of the Historian). Korea, throughout its history, was owned by other countries. From 1910 until the end of World War II, Japan had control and influence of Korea as a whole. Because Japan was on the losing side of World War II, the future of Korea was in the hands of the Allies (Great Britain, Russia, and the United States were the major three). It was decided that…

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    aid! ' ' Lyndon B. Johnson, a United States’ president from November 22, 1963 to January 20, 1969, delivered this powerful quote presumably to garner support from the American people to execute his plan to export more American troops to aid Southern Vietnam. Although initially reluctant to station troops in Vietnam, Johnson changed his mind after the attack of the Southern Vietnamese garrison by the Viet Cong that killed eight Americans. His fear of communists pushing the war into dangerous…

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    the same side during World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union did not have a good relationship and after the war was over, the two powers began to feud. The Soviet Union was angered because the United States did not recognize the Soviet Union as a legitimate international nation. The United States was wary of the Soviet Union’s territorial expansion, and were concerned Russia would attempt to become a unilateral power. The United States decided containment would be the best way to…

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    The Cold War (1947 – 1991) was fought between the two powerful nations, United States and the Soviet Union. However, there was never any direct contact between the two nations. In these two wars, the United States fought for capitalism and the Soviet Union fought for communism. They are not participate in the war but incitement to war - the United States and the Soviet using the proxy war to fighting with each other. During the Cold War, the two examples of proxy wars are the Korean and…

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