General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

States developed a policy of containment to try and stop the spread of Communism. After the Second World War the United States entered the Cold War against the Soviet Union. The first Red Scare occurred after the end of the First World War and during the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia. The reason Americans started to grow fear in communists and anarchists was due to a series of bombings by anarchists. Because of the Red Scare in the 1920s many people that were innocent were arrested because they…

he did what he could to win. Once Joseph saw Hitler had turned against him, he joined the resistance and wanted to take him out of the war Hitler had started. Adolf Hitler, the famous painter, the author, or better known as the Führe of the Nazi party. Hitler Did mostly housing landscape painting, striving to achieve fame…

panic as Joseph McCarthy did in the 1950s. He single-handedly fabricated a scandal he claimed reached into the highest branches of the US government. Lacking substantial evidence, he accused various senators, representatives, and officials of being communist spies. His infamous “list” of such people was comprised of information that was “either taken from other sources or misremembered or just made up” (Kelley). As a result, Joseph McCarthy negatively influenced the United States politically,…

strikes, especially in 1946. Trying to meet entrepreneurs’ requirements the Congress passed in 1947 the Labor Management Relations Act, which became known as the Taft-Hartley Act. It significantly limited the possibilities of strikes and put trade union activities under the strict government control. Understanding that the Act threatened…

of the party. In 1922, he was appointed General Secretary by Lenin and after Lenin’s death in 1924; he took advantage of his position…

1940s on Germany itself had become a monster of the communist-capitalist conflict. It divided West Germany into the ‘Federal Republic of Germany’ and the smaller East Germany the ‘German Democratic Republic’.”(Taylor,1) It divided a city from the outer world and completely separated family and friends. At the end of World War II Germany as well as Berlin was divided up into four sectors. East Germany and East Berlin was made up of the Soviet portion of the regime. West Germany and West…

Dwight Eisenhower lived a prolific life. In his lifetime he earned plenty of awards and medals. Eisenhower commanded the troops in North Africa during World War II and eventually climbed to the top rank of a 5 star General. He was the top commanding General of the Allies and as the Supreme Allied Commander he led the forces to invade on D-Day. Later defeating the Germans. Post war, Dwight did not want to do anything with politics but he was the right man for the right job. He led military…

The Cold War was a time of extremely high tensions primarily between the United States and the Soviet Union, with the involvement of their respective allies. This time of heightened tension in history was very long and lasted from 1947 until 1991. At this time the United States and its allies wanted to stop the spread of communism while the Soviet Union and the other members of the Warsaw Pact wanted to spread it. During this time the threat of nuclear weapons weighed over all the countries…

When the Soothsayer warns Caesar, he says, “Beware the ides of March” (Shakespeare 1.1.18). In this paper, it will talk about the history of Julius Caesar and what he was like, along with the background of Brutus, and the similarities and differences between them and the modern day Julius Caesar, which is Joseph Stalin, and modern day Brutus, which is Hitler. This will also mention the background of Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin. While Flavius is talking to the commoners he asks, “What,…

colonial empire and the world's first Communist state was marked by mutual distrust and ideological tension. The Cold War began shortly after the end of World War II over disagreements on how postwar Europe should be rebuilt. While neither side ever “officially” fought the other, as the consequences would be too appalling with the Soviet Union’s Red Army and the Americans possession of the A-bomb, they did wage an incredible war of…