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During World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union were partners. They had teamed together to defeat their common enemy, Germany. In spite of this successful partnership in defeating their common enemy, several developments and factors from 1941 to 1949 increased suspicion and tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union. One major development that emerged within this period of time was differing philosophies. The United States believed in democratic forms of government,…

American athletes felt uneasy around the Soviet team. The American team felt to urge to defeat the rival, Soviet Union. Bob Matthias, United States competitor, felt the urge to defeat the Soviet Union. In a magazine interview, Matthias, stated how the United States team wanted to beat the Soviet athletes in many sports (doc 3). The tension between the United States and the Soviet Union ,also took place in the Olympics games. The Cold War and it’s tension has affected the development of the…

The "Gilded Age" is a sarcastic term used to describe the time period when many industrialists gained wealth and luxurious lifestyles through corruption. Although people can be described as living a golden existence, under all the gold paint many sins in this era where still beneath it. Small farmers and others with low paying jobs felt as if society was being dived between what people do have, and what people do not have. Many of the lowerclassmen did not have the advantage that many of the…

well as what the country stood for, known to not only his people, but to the world. Since the mid-1940's the United States found itself as a participant in the Cold War, despite the name it was not a war, but instead a conflict between the Soviet Union due to its totalitarian and communist government. Communism was seen as a "red cancer" that served as a threat to democracy. The Berlin Wall acted as a symbol for communism, serving as a barrier separating the East, which was communistic, and the…

Strategic factors are not war strategies, nor are they emotions or motivations, such as fear, honor, and interests. Finally, strategic factors only occur within a state’s strategic context or what they deem as important. For example, the Soviet Union attempted to place nuclear weapons on Cuba to gain an advantage over the United States. This was a strategic factor for the United States because, first, their national culture was already convinced the Soviets could not be trusted. Second,…

Zakaria, suggested that, “During the Cold War, we [Americans] were interested because we were scared that Russia and the United States were going to go to war.” The Cold War refers to the tense relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union between 1945 and 1991. The two sides never confronted each other within battle. Americans, however, still lived in constant fear of communism and a war with Russia. A technique I learned earlier within this class was that our society tends to…

An Analysis on the European Migrant/Refugee Crisis Amidst a migrant and refugee crisis the European Union and its Member States have not, in the view of the Medecine Sans Frontieres (MSF), met their respective promises of aiding the people most in need. As highlighted by the MSF rejecting E.U. funding and stating that they do so, “‘...in protest at their shameful deterrence policies and their intensification of efforts to push people back from European shores,’” (“Europe” 1). Many of the E.U…

Three (United States, Soviet Union, and Great Britain) had different concerns about the structure of the postwar world. Joseph Stalin, the leader of the Soviet Union (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics or USSR), was in search of security for his nation. Germany had attacked the Soviets twice in thirty years, and both times the Germans had reached them through Poland. Therefore, Stalin thought it was necessary to create a buffer zone between Germany and the Soviet Union. Believing his nation…

At the Second Congress of the Russian Democratic Labor Party, it was agreed upon that Russia was in need of a revolution as the workers and peasants of the country were becoming dissatisfied with the Czar and the government. The end goal of the revolution was to be socialism. However, Congress split into two parties: the Bolsheviks (the majority) and the Mensheviks (the minority). The main disagreements revolved around party membership, with the Mensheviks arguing for a broad-based membership…

two great powers, the democratic, capitalist United States and the communist Soviet Union. It was a dominate affair and both countries had different beliefs that led to the weapons of devastations. They had major crises like the Cuban missile crises, Hungary, and the Berlin Wall but the most worrying issue was the growth of mass destruction weapons. The history changed in the late 1950s, when the former Soviet Union launches Sputnik in space. Sputnik was the World’s first artificial satellite.…