Over the course of the 1950s & 1960s the Cold War rivals, the Soviet Union (USSR) and the United States (US), fought for supremacy in Space exploration. This served as another dramatic arena for Cold War competition and was commonly known as the Space race. The USSR originally had the more effective space program until the death of Sergei Pavlovich Korolev in 1966. Thus allowing for USA’s NASA to overtake its its Soviet Union counterpart. With the race officially ending on July 16, 1969 with the
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news about the Russian Revolution made headlines in the U.S. the issue of communism, a political theory that was derived from Karl Marx advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs, became a major threat in the U.S for many reasons. Some including the fact that communism threatened major business elites who had built their empires on the cheap labor of their workers. The threat of communism
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Our 35th president, John F. Kennedy, delivered a speech on June 26, 1963 in West Berlin commending the people of Berlin on their relentless dedication to democracy. His speech was titled, “Ich bin ein Berliner” which translates to English as, I am a Berliner. Mr. Kennedy gives praise to the people for fighting communism for almost two decades. President Kennedy persuades the audience to not give up their fight for freedom. He does a successful job of using an emotional appeal to help his persuasion
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Saying that the Japanese were fighting the war unjustly so we could do it too cannot justify. Some like Fussell would argue that the atomic bombs were dropped just to end the war. Thousands of people died in mere minutes and two cities were virtually wiped off the face of the earth. The bombs that wiped off whole families and buildings. Just saying that war was bad and unbearable is a feeble justification. Total destruction is not the only way to end a war. The United States asking for unconditional
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Cold war, arms race or ticking time bomb? What would you do if nuclear bombs were already above you ready to drop? Today’s nuclear weapons have devastating capabilities that could have never been imagined. While the cold war provided countries with new technologies, it also brought weapons of mass destruction. While it seems that these weapons are here to help, the reality is these weapons are the ultimate reason this world has become more dangerous after the cold war. By defining the issue of
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Shortly after the first atomic bombs were dropped on Japan, World War II came to and, and the terrible reality of the atomic age began. Sixteen-year-old Sorry Rinamu has lived on the Bikini Atoll in the western Pacific all his life. Now the United States government wants to use his home as a site for atomic weapons tests. The islanders are told that they must vacate the island in the interest of world peace but can return when the land is safe again. Sorry is one of the only people who doesn't believe
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The 50’s was a start of what has developed into our modern day and age. This was the beginning of America stripping the conservative life and moving toward a progressive modern future. It was a time when teenagers stored their church clothes and put on their leather jackets with hair gel. Jody Pennington and J. Ronald Oakley both expressed on their different views of juvenile delinquency and rebellious behavior in the youths of the 50’s. Stephanie Coontz, however, examined family life in the 50’s
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200,000 of our men died in the Vietnam War. By the end of the 1960’s, the United States and the USSR had in their possession thousands of nuclear weapons, more than enough to wipe off all humankind on earth several times over. The music was the pivotal influence in keeping the optimism alive in the American people and the artists themselves and also contributing to the anti-war movement. The official American version of events and justification of going to war was that the Americans were fired upon
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dramatized, yet fairly accurate view of a period where the U.S. was on the brink of disaster. Thirteen Days is a political thriller that revolves around the Cuban Missile Crisis and how President Kennedy and his administration narrowly prevented World War III. The entire ordeal wasn’t as smooth as history textbooks make it seem, however, with many twists, turns, blunders, and narrow victories. The film doesn’t focus on any one particular person, but chooses to focus on the tension experienced by the
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The Vietnam War was a war in which two major power country, US and Soviet Union, who were the power holders of what events were to take place in Vietnam and the other neighboring countries around Vietnam. The battle between the two was mainly over political because of the split of Vietnam and the rise of power on the communist side as North Vietnam tried to form a communist country by forcefully reuniting South Vietnam with the help of the Soviet Union. After the French lost power over Vietnam and
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