Eastern Conference

The Wizards and the Celtics are the future of the Eastern Conference The Washington Wizards and Boston Celtics squared off for the final time this regular season, with the Celtics taking the win at home, 110-102. With the loss, the Wizards’ push for the second seed in the Eastern Conference becomes that much more difficult, as they now trail the Celtics by two and a half games for the second spot. They also have just a one game cushion over the Raptors for the third seed. In addition to postseason seeding implications, the game between Boston and Washington represents a budding rivalry between the two franchises. Together, the two teams represent the future of the Eastern Conference. Budding stars like John Wall, Isaiah Thomas, Bradley Beal,…

For project 2, the plan was to attend a seminar of some sort regarding estate planning. Chris Hogan, one of Dave Ramsey’s personalities, was here towards the end of March but his speaking arrangement wasn’t centered solely around estate planning and instead, was more of a “smart money” event about getting out of debt etc. After doing some research, I found several different seminars that will be taking place locally next month around the Salt Lake Valley, but since the semester will be over by…

The leaders used this conference to discuss exactly how they would govern Germany after the war, including border changes, prosecution of war criminals, agreeing on war reparations, etc. In this conference, the partitioning of Vietnam along the 17th parallel was also agreed upon. The Potsdam Declaration was issued, outlining how the Allies planned to defeat Japan. More importantly, it was during this conference that Truman hinted at the existence of an atomic bomb to Stalin. Afterwards, the…

Roosevelt, who was a supporter of Stalin and replaced with Truman, who agreed heavily with Britain, affected negotiations. Several talks conference attempt to mend the difference between the nations but the outcome was more struggle of power ending with the start of the Cold War. During World War II the U.S. and the Soviet Union were allies and conclude with a victory for both. Then in a few years time, the allies became enemies and engaged in a military, political ideology, and economic…

Pre-Cold War Tensions (357) The tension between Stalin and the Allies was a problem that nobody could do anything about. With the tension that had erupted it had made the task of deciding Germany’s fate when Germany would suffer and the fate of eastern European states. American President Roosevelt had no real power to tell Stalin to leave countries, but because the United States traditionally pushed the self-determination, Roosevelt and Churchill would hope that Stalin would move out on his own.…

After World War II (WWII), Germany was split into a Western and Eastern half. The Soviet Union took the Eastern half, and the United States, France, and Great Britain took the Western half; they were considered the victors of World War II. Berlin being in the center of the Soviet Union’s territory was also split. Instead of two sides, it was split in to four sections. One side was for each victor to oversee and rebuild, since it was basically destroyed during the war. Because of this, the four…

At the conference, they agreed upon dividing Germany into zones of occupation, all of which would be controlled by the Allied forces and their military troops. The Big Three also deciding upon the fact that Germany would pay the Soviet Union to compensate for its loss of life and property that they had faced during the war. The United States of America’s President at the time, Franklin D. Roosevelt, asked Stalin if he would join American troops in the fight against the Japanese troops in the…

There were many reasons for why the Soviet Union was to blame for the Cold War. The first reason for why the Soviet Union was to blame for the Cold War is due Stalin 's failure to allow free elections. The Yalta Conference took place in Yalta, Russia in 1945. President Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin and Winston Churchill all attended the confrence. The conference discussed many important topics. The Yalta Conference occurred after World War II. The United States, Soviet Union, and Great Britain 's…

country Stalin and Truman met in person only one time (Patterson 108). Truman believed he could deal with Stalin, but the actions he took proved otherwise (109). The fact that Stalin and Truman only met once shows that the two countries were equally guilty of not wanting to deal with the problem at hand. Any issue that arose was solved with a worthless, extremely temporary plan (Brinkley768-769). When trying to divide land and implement spheres of influence Soviets and Americans each country…

The Berlin Airlift was a very important point in history. People were still shaken up from World War II and many countries, especially Germany, were hit hard. Even though the Soviets believed that they had control over the destiny of West Berlin, the Berlin Airlift was an example of the determination of western nations to not give in to the threats of communism and oppression. Many lives were saved through this act of heroism. The Berlin Airlift is a time in history that will always ring in the…