Congress of Soviets

communist sphere of influence, presented by the Soviet Union in the late 40s. The four strategies (in order of occurrence) the United States took to obtain and practice the policy of containment were the Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, Berlin Airlift and the National Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The magnifying power of communism posed a great threat to the Western Hemisphere. President Harry Truman recognized the emerging issue and appeared before Congress on March 12, 1947 to propose…

administrations is in how they operated as managers. JFK was Harvard educated and came from a wealthy family. His family connections assisted him in entering the Navy, becoming a special correspondent for the Hearst Newspaper and later his election to congress. Despite his lackluster congressional career, JFK becomes the youngest person elected to the Presidency. His Harvard and family connections become key as he selects the youngest and brightest to his staff. By contrast, LBJ was from…

Berlin happened to be located within Western Germany, which belonged to the Soviets. The Soviet Union differed from the Allies with their want to make Germany pay for all the damages to the war. It was also decided that Germany would give money to the Allies for the cost of the war. However, the payments were deteriorating Germany’s economy, so the Allies decided to lessen the payments that were enforced upon the Germans. The Soviet Union decided to cut off the supplies to East Berlin. After…

The cold war took place during the years 1945 and 1991 between the United States and the Soviet Union. It is known as the cold war because it never turned “hot,” which means that there was never any actual fighting between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. During these years, many important things happened, many things were invented, and World War III almost happened on many different occasions. On March 5, 1946, Prime Minister Winston Churchill delivered a speech which, essentially, kick-started…

the policies they enact or decisions they make. One such person was the former President of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev who was born on 2nd March 1931 to peasant parents in the Stavropol territory in southwestern Russia (The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica). In spite of his poor background, he steadily rose through the ranks of the then ruling party, the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU), and managed to implement sweeping reforms to the Union’s political systems.…

building bomb shelters, and passing education acts all contributed to the idea that America, as a whole, reacted in many different ways. Fear, excitement, happiness, and relief all shined through the dark smoky clouds of the space race. Although the Soviet Union continually surpassed the U.S. in the early stages of the space race, the U.S. used careful tactics and eventually pulled ahead and achieved the main goal: landing on the moon. By 1972, the space race had become the most expensive…

a time were US President Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Churchill and Russian leader Stalin all sat down for a private meeting and this was done prior to the end of World War II In this meeting, President Roosevelt was looking for help from the Soviet leader Stalin to make a stand against Japan and to do this they needed a stronger military. To get help from Stalin we had to agree to give them control of Sakhalian, Kurile Island and Manchuria so they have railway privileges. For America to…

for our position and none for the communist point of view. He argues that Congress has cut a lot of funds for programs including cutting two billion from defense. Finally, he says, “I 'm not satisfied with what we 're doing in the cold war because I believe we have to step up our activities and launch an offensive for the minds and hearts and souls of men,” (October 7, 1960 Debate Transcript). Kennedy argues that Congress has tried to give more money to defense. He also says that the United…

critical event in history. The stakes were nuclear war, which could have obliterated much of the life on earth from nuclear fallout. In a nutshell, after World War II, the two superpowers in the world were, the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic. Without telling the US, the USSR moved weapons of mass destruction to Cuba and to the US coast. After the US found out what the USSR was up to, the US recognizes the act as a intent of war. As the missiles had the…

and file Soviet political theorist, the October Revolution removed the diminutive status of the working class, ethnic minorities, and women. Furthermore, the establishment of the Soviet Union abolished societal issues of inequality for women, who felt oppressed by traditional western conventions. Nineteenth century socialist theorist, Charles Fourier, noted how the status of women remained the most logical measure for the freedom of…