US vs. USSR

Personally, if its between the US and the USSR, then i am for the US. I am for the United States because i do NOT agree with communism. i am all for nationalism and spreading containment. I think containment helps us live a better life because it keeps everybody in control. Also i am for the United States because that is where i live and that is where im from.

McCarthyism

McCarthy was a Republican that was VERY into his own beliefs and he wanted everything to go his way. Most people didnt like him because he would accuse them of being communist if they didnt do things the way he wanted them to be done. Eventually he started accusing not just the citizens, but the soldiers too. McCarthy ended up dying from his massive drinking problem and from being crazy(:

Brinkmanship

In 1949, the first H-bomb was created by the same man who helped with the making of the A-bomb. At this point, Eisenhower and Krhuschev were the leaders of the United States of America and the Soviet Union. Eventually, the CIA got involved and led the nations to a confrence in Geneva, where Eisenhower proposed the "open Skies". Also we had our secret U2 planes that flew over the Soviet Union to get pictures until they found out.

The Korean War

The Korean War began on June 25th, 1950, when North Korea invaded South Korea with a surprise attack. In Korea, the armies of both the U.S. and USSR withdrew, but each side armed their "own" part of the country. The first year of the Korean war was like a seesaw, going back and forth, while the last two years were very intense.

The Space Race

In October, 1957, the Soviet launched their 1st satilite into space....It was called Sputnik. Since the Soviet Union was capable of building a rocket strong enouph to bring a satilite to space, then they were surely capable of building one to bring automic bombs to the US. Knowing that, the Us began building rockets, satilites, space capsules, and they hired people to be space men.

Cuban Missile Crisis

The closest thing to a nuclear war that happened in 1962, was the cuban missile crisis. It turns out, that Soviet missiles were being put under construction in Cuba. President Kennedy had our American U2 planes fly over cuba to see what was going on, and we endedd up seeing the worst. After finding out about the missiles and seeing the pictures, Kennedy decided to do a naval quarantine around Cuba. On the 25th, Kennedy pulled the quarantine line back to try to ease tension. Finally, the tenions eased up because Khrushchev said he would remove the Soviet missiles from Cuba and bring them back to the Soviet union, as long as the US promised not to invade Cuba.

Modern Day Analysis

During the Cold War, there were alot of issues including civil rights issues. Today, you can still see some of those problems, including racial issues, problems with sexual orientation, and prejudice. Today, some people who work in stores are racist and they will follow someone of a different race around the store because they think they will steal something just because of the color of their skin. Even people on the street will show these issues. Also, people show prejudice all the time still. It is mostly older people who show this because that is the way their parents raised them. Most older people dont agree with interracial couples or children because in their childhood, they were told by their parents that its a bad thing to be with anyone outside of their race. So, alot of the same issues are shown now as they were shown in the Cold War, but not nearly as severe. I think that if these problems were as bad today as they were then, then life as we know it would be alot worse with far more problems.

Cold War Summary.

The Cold War was mostly between the U.S., the Soviet Union, and "Thier respected allies". The Cold War was from the mid 1940's until the 1990's. During the Cold War, people were scared of communism spreading around the U.S.. The Cold War was pretty much a fight between communism and capitalism. It was called the Cold War because no one wanted to directly fight against each other with hefty weapons and bombs.