Cold War Dbq

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The cold war was a “war” between the United States and the Soviet Union. Although people called it a war, it was not really a war but more of an argument per say, there was no physical conflict between the two superpowers. They fought through proxy wars a war through third parties. This war went on for 45 years with the end result being the U.S. coming out victorious by bringing down the Berlin wall and the borders, freeing the people from communism, and having the Soviet Union being divided into several different component republics.
End of World War Two, Two Super Powers Emerge
At the time of World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union were allies fighting against the axis forces. They had prevailed over the axis forces, but as
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So during the period of “containment” the United States was encouraged by officials to create weaponry like the ones that ended WWII and in turn started an “arms race”. When the U.S. created the Hydrogen bomb or The “Super bomb” the Soviet Union soon followed suit with the same weapon of mass destruction. So as a result of this the staks got higher when the first Hydrogen bomb was tested. It created a fireball of 25 square miles, destroyed the island of Eniwetok atoll in the Marshall Islands, left a crater in the ocean surface, and had the strength to wipe out half of …show more content…
The shooter Lee Harvey Oswald took an alleged 3 shots at the president’s car. Killing the president and wounding the governor of Texas Connally. Less than an hour later Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested in a movie theater. He was a former U.S. marine but was discharged and left to the Soviet Union and tried to become a citizen but failed. So he came back to the U.S. and took a job at the Texas School book depository building. Although he was caught and charged for the death of JFK people suspect that he did not act

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