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The Cold War made the world much more technologically advanced.  Bombs and military advancement was improved  substantially.  In the US, there was substantial growth, and our innocence was lost when JFK was shot.  The arms race led to a lot of space advancement, including getting into space, sending dogs and monkeys, and walking on the moon.  This was the first war to come close to putting an end to history. some of the lasting effects of the war are: Military spending was cut drastically in Russia, Communist was much less prominent and Capitalism took over.  Lastly, the National Security in America was increased. The cold war put America in a very powerful place politically.

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The relationship between Russia and the Western World, especially powerful nations, has been anything but friendly since the beginning of WWI. The overall thirst for power that both the United States of America and Russia is what really makes their relationships detrimental to the safety of the human race and life on Earth as a whole. During WWI, Russia was undergoing a communist revolution by the Bolsheviks which was strongly opposed by capitalist powerhouse of America. Since the US was so opposed to communist Russia, in 1920, they sent aid to anti communist powers within the country to stop communism from spreading farther. This mission was unsuccessful and ruined diplomatic relations between the two countries for a decade. The tension continued between the two countries until the end of WWII when Stalin, the dictator of Soviet Union got a hold of an Atomic Bomb. This made war a reality between the two nations, instead of just empty threats that had been going on during the past two wars.

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Soviet Union relents and becomes capitalist and Cold War is officially over.

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Berlin Wall fell and Germany became a singular nation.

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Government gave way to populist democratic, non-violent, revolutions. Most eastern european countries had democratic non communist governments.

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USSR got a new leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, opening the communist countries up to Europe and the US. Tension lessoned between the NATO countries and Warsaw Pact countries.

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President Reagan spent 2 trillion dollars on warfare and threatened it toward the soviets, undoing the work that had been done in the 70's to calm the nuclear warfare tensions.

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War ended after nearly 60,000 American soldiers had died as well as millions of Vietnamese. In 1975, North Vietnam won over South Vietnam so they became communist.

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Nixon visits China to normalize relationship with the country. Russia broke alliance with China because of a dispute over borders.

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President Lyndon B Johnson sent more troops to Vietnam because they were underprepared for the corruption and power of the opposing force. Draft began and became unpopular very quickly.

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North Vietnam was communist and the South was US supported. They feared that there would be a communist victory in Vietnam so they brought over military aid to help the South.

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Russia starts testing nuclear warfare in Cuba. US demanded that they remove missile and eventually agreed to remove them with the promise that they would not invade Cuba. Transaction almost resulted in open warfare.

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US invades Cuba with Cuban exiles in hope to overthrow their dictator, Castro, but is unsuccessful in doing so.

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Cuban revolution happens and sign alliance with Soviet Union. US is concerned because of the close proximity they are to Cuba.

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Russia builds a wall separating west and east Berlin making a physical boundary between communism and capitalism.

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Russia launches first satellite Sputnik into space. US is losing.

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Military alliance between the USSR to counter act NATO.

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Stalin dies and is replaced by Nikita Khrushchev who mellows the communist power in the USSR.

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North Korea invades South Korea. United States aids South Korea and developed into a protracted war with many casualties.

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China becomes communist and forms an alliance with Russia, making NATO countries concerned for their safety.

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10 European countries and the US and Canada form a military alliance against the USSR in case of nuclear or military attacks against Europe.

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US brought support to European countries who had the possibility of becoming communist

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Stalin sets up military blockade in West Berlin in response to increasing provocation from the US. Blockade was lifted in 1949.

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Germany was divided into two sections: Western which the allied powers and Eastern which was under supervision of the Soviets. Germany was put under control of different nations to prevent another multi-nation war.

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Churchill gives a speech saying that Russia is a problem for western capitalism and democracy

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Only country with atomic bomb and was hesitant to give Stalin diplomatic power of all of eastern europe

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FDR dies and is replaced by Harry Truman, an opponent of communism who says that he will only support pro capitalist, anti communist nations

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Leader of Russia, Joseph Stalin, kills 25 million Russians, at the end of WWII, all easter European counties become communist

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Capitalist countries send help to anti communist powers in Russia- mission was unsuccessful and ruined diplomatic relations until 1930.

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Czar is overthrow by Bolsheviks (communist party)