My sublime padlet by Mary Deschneau https://padlet.com/25deschneaum/l3vt1uozul10hf4y Made with a quick smile en-us 2022-04-07 18:09:48 UTC 2026-01-14 20:30:57 UTC hello@padlet.com What was the Olympics like in the cold war? 25deschneaum https://padlet.com/25deschneaum/l3vt1uozul10hf4y/wish/2135107865 In the cold war, the Olympic Games had been known for hosting many notable clashes between many cold war compants. They had as well served  a stage for political protests, such as controversial boycotts in the early 1980s. ]]> 2022-04-07 18:14:36 UTC https://padlet.com/25deschneaum/l3vt1uozul10hf4y/wish/2135107865 What is a boycott? What role did it play in the 1980 and 1984 Olympics? 25deschneaum https://padlet.com/25deschneaum/l3vt1uozul10hf4y/wish/2135117518 A boycott is a withdrawal from commercial or social relations from anything.  The importance behind a boycott is, Boycotts let people put their money where their values are. The role that it had played in the games was that the United States would start to protest against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The importance behind it was to avenge many terrorist attacks ]]> 2022-04-07 18:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/25deschneaum/l3vt1uozul10hf4y/wish/2135117518 What Olympics showed that the Cold War was over? 25deschneaum https://padlet.com/25deschneaum/l3vt1uozul10hf4y/wish/2135122488 The games had taken over political overtones and had caused a lot of trauma and this began to get the cold war to start heating up. The importance behind it all ending was seeing the fall of communism throughout Eastern Europe, giving rise to what is known as the Revolutions]]> 2022-04-07 18:23:27 UTC https://padlet.com/25deschneaum/l3vt1uozul10hf4y/wish/2135122488 How were the 1972 Olympics impacted by the Cold War? 25deschneaum https://padlet.com/25deschneaum/l3vt1uozul10hf4y/wish/2135127972 There were two unsuccessful attempts to secure the olympics Sapporo was finally awarded the 1972 Winter Games. The tragedy and as well as impostance on it was there was a huge terrorist attack during it which had caused the failed attempts to secure the games. ]]> 2022-04-07 18:27:05 UTC https://padlet.com/25deschneaum/l3vt1uozul10hf4y/wish/2135127972 How were the Olympics a symbol of Cold War competition? 25deschneaum https://padlet.com/25deschneaum/l3vt1uozul10hf4y/wish/2135132704 The USSR saw the Olympics as a means to display Soviet power. These games had provided  an opportunity to show the dominance of the Soviet Union to the world. But on a side note the Soviet Union did not join the Olympic Games until 1952. Why was the question so important? Because they had all saw the symbol as a big display of power. ]]> 2022-04-07 18:30:11 UTC https://padlet.com/25deschneaum/l3vt1uozul10hf4y/wish/2135132704 Which nation was more dominant in the Cold War era Olympics? 25deschneaum https://padlet.com/25deschneaum/l3vt1uozul10hf4y/wish/2135138049 The US because they had won the most metals and won more things than any other countries. They were the most dominant in athletics and swimming. The US swimming was important because all the swimmers on the team wanted to invest people in what it looks and takes to be a competitive swimmer. ]]> 2022-04-07 18:33:51 UTC https://padlet.com/25deschneaum/l3vt1uozul10hf4y/wish/2135138049 Space Race 25deschneaum https://padlet.com/25deschneaum/l3vt1uozul10hf4y/wish/2135145973 One the most important forms of non-violent competition between the U.S. and the USSR during the Cold War was the Space Race. It had been also known as an extension to the cold war. It was an extension because the US and soviet union had sought to expand their influence world wide. ]]> 2022-04-07 18:39:17 UTC https://padlet.com/25deschneaum/l3vt1uozul10hf4y/wish/2135145973 Arms Race 25deschneaum https://padlet.com/25deschneaum/l3vt1uozul10hf4y/wish/2135149774 The destruction of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by American atomic weapons. As Well during the cold war sometime in august they had started a arms race between the soviet union and the US. ]]> 2022-04-07 18:41:27 UTC https://padlet.com/25deschneaum/l3vt1uozul10hf4y/wish/2135149774 Olympics 25deschneaum https://padlet.com/25deschneaum/l3vt1uozul10hf4y/wish/2135153949 The Games provided an opportunity to show the dominance of the Soviet Union to the world, as well as to their own people. The games had given a big opportunity to have all athletes show their talents and how athletic they are to many people in many countries around the world. ]]> 2022-04-07 18:44:30 UTC https://padlet.com/25deschneaum/l3vt1uozul10hf4y/wish/2135153949