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This week's blog is being posted on Tuesday because I have been waiting for students to complete make-up posts. Please be good Study Group members and encourage each other to get their work completed.
Our next topic takes us to the end of WWII and return of the United States as an active participant in world events. I want you to look at how the Cold War came about and how it affected the United States at home and abroad.
Analyze developments from 1941 to 1963 that increased suspicion and tension between the United States and Soviet Union. What were the Cold War fears of the American people in the aftermath of the Second World War? How successfully did the administration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower address these fears? How successfully did the administration of President John F. Kennedy address these fears? What were the effects on our economy? Society? Foreign relations? Education? What specific events should we discuss?
Don't forget to complete two posts and to use facts. :) Happy blogging!
Fear lingering from WWII, atomic bomb, arms race and eventually space race led to rise in McCarthyism, or the practice of accusing people of suspected Communism by people who feared Communism and perhaps nuclear war with the Soviet Union.
ReplyDeleteTruman had mostly a policy of “containment” of Communism, and believed in what is now called the Truman Doctrine, when President Truman asked Congress to support nations (Greece and Turkey, mainly) in danger of communist threat by the Soviets.
George Marshall developed Marshall Plan which pumped billions of dollars into non-communist European countries that were rebuilding after WWII. The plan probably did much to prevent Soviet domination of Europe. The United States tried to do as much as possible to prevent the spread of Communism to Asia, but they couldn’t prevent China from “falling” to Communism.
Eisenhower came up with a policy called “brinksmanship” which is to push aggressor nations to brink of nuclear war, forcing them to back down when they realize the superiority of the United States. The SEATO was also created by Eisenhower's Secretary of State John Dulles when Eisenhower feared a “domino effect” would occur with Asian nations falling to Communism. SEATO included SE Asian countries, offering mutual military support to regimes that were anti-Communism. Perhaps the most important part of Eisenhower’s policy was the absolute prevention of a third world war, which, with nuclear weapons, would have been absolutely devastating.
He did push nations to the brink to nuclear war by threatening other nations with a bomb. The other nations feared us but the United States did fear communism. The positive thing of this was cutting military and using it on other thing like education.
DeleteAlso the Marshall Plan was offered to Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, but no countries who were with the Soviet Union participated in the program, as Stalin viewed this as further evidence of U.S. imperialism.
DeleteOne of the fears of American people after the aftermath of WWll was the expansion of Communism. They believed communism would expand since the Soviet Union was communist. Soon all populist countries became communist along with the Soviet Union and an example is China. This created the "Domino Theory" which was promoted bu the US. This meant that if one state had been influenced and became communist all states surrounding it would to.
ReplyDeleteEisenhower addressed these fears pretty well. One of his famous slogans was, "more bang for your buck" which tied in to his new policy and brinkmanship. when a country would threaten the US he would threaten them back with a bomb. Other countries feared but respected his threats. This led him to cut military spending because there was no need for weapons.
This affected Education in a positive by passing the National Defense Act which was federal assistance to public schools. It was and emergency role and created "national security" because according to Eisenhower young people had to be able to contribute the most to the society because they were the future! with the federal assistance also came more available math and foreign language classes and also provided advance placement classes.
Eisenhower also had the policy of brinksmanship which did not work for smaller countries under Soviet influence. Eisenhower didn't start WWII, nor did the soviets take over the world, so in that sense his policies weren't a complete failure.
DeleteI agree with Alejandra that Americans were very scared with the domino theory once most of the asian countries were becoming communist and with the russian spies being captured and the Soviet Union being able to obtain a nuclear weapon thus fear was filled within the american people. Eisenhower being the war hero that he was created more comfort to the american people than did Kennedy. Kennedy lost a lot of faith from the government because of bay of pigs and Castro being alive .
DeleteFollowing the conclusion of the Second World War, two nations quickly gained recognition as being the world's dominant superpowers, the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The Soviet Union, however, was the larger nation and did not plan on ceasing the expansion of its borders even after suffering the consequences of warfare. Shortly after World War Two, the Soviet Union continued to expand its imperial power and influence by annexing and absorbing several Eastern European nations. The United States questioned the methods of the Soviet Union's foreign policy and its interests in expanding communism. The Soviet Union then grew very untrustworthy to the American public. The American people feared the further spread of communism, and the overwhelmingly increasing size of the Soviet Union. America feared that the Soviet Union and communism would conquer the rest of Europe, and would result in the Soviet Union becoming the most dominant superpower of the world. Additionally, the "Space Race" also pressured American society to push for becoming the dominant world superpower because the American government encouraged the education system to teach science and math more extensively.
ReplyDeleteContrastingly, the Soviet Union also grew suspicious of the United States after it created the NATO organization to counter the Soviet's military power. Undertaking protective measures, the Soviet Union formulated the Warsaw Pact to create a military alliance with communist states as a means of self-defense against the NATO alliance.
The Eisenhower administration somewhat successfully dealt with the expanding problem of communism by emphasizing how the domino theory would cause the downfall of Southeast Asia, Central America, and Europe. To prevent communist takeover, the Eisenhower administration took on a stricter anticommunist foreign policy, and even funded proxy wars in communist-friendly countries in the hopes of removing all Soviet influence.
The Kennedy administration, however, was very unsuccessful in dealing with the expansion of communism because his approach to remove the communist government in Cuba led to the Cuban missile crisis, since the Bay of Pigs invasion failed to meet its objective.
The Cold War proved to be deleterious to the United States' economy, since funding for the proxy wars were costly government expenses. Yet, this pricey spending did little to ease the minds of the American people from the "Red Scare", since we were progressively nearing the brink of war with the Soviet Union. However, we did adopt an anticommunist attitude and made efforts to combat the spread of communism in other countries.
P.S. We should discuss the Bay of Pigs and the establishment of the KGB.
Additionally, the "Space Race" also pressured American society to push for becoming the dominant world superpower because the American government encouraged the education system to teach science and math more extensively.
Delete* Additionally, the "Space Race" pressured American society to push for an extensive education system in the hopes of becoming the dominant world superpower.
The fear of the american people after ww2 was war with russia. After the unvailing of the atom bomb russia decided to make its own. This led to a military arms race to see which country could build up more WMDs.
ReplyDeleteYes, and they also feared communism and nuclear war with the Soviet Union. The U.S tried to do as much as possible to prevent the spread of communism to Asia, but couldn't prevent China from falling into communism.
DeleteCommunism was one of the major reasons for the Cold War.
DeleteAs the NATO formed the Soviet Union created the Warsaw pact. The Warsaw pact was a military alliance of communist nations. Which caused more worry that communism would spread.
Deleteyou're right the USSR detonated the first Atomic bomb ending America's Atomic bomb weaponry starting the cold war and the military arms race.
DeleteAmerican citizens feared disloyalty, the US took many steps to seek out potential communists and spies, even some that were against the wished of Truman. People who advocated overthrowing the government could be arrested (Smith Act 1940). The House Un-American Activities Committee was reestablished to go after communists instead of Nazis. They were also afraid of war with Soviet Russia which would have proved to cause immense causalities.
ReplyDeleteI agree on the fact that if the U.S. had a war with Soviet Russia that there would be tons of deaths and even though the Cold war wasn't dealt with perfectly it brings into light that it could have been worse.
Deletei agree that there was disloyalty but also it was because the U.s was not completely honest with russia about informing them about their new project, the atom bomb. Not only would it cause tension and make the soviet union suspicious, but i think a secret that big would have angered Soviet Union regardless if they were on good terms at the moment or not.
DeleteTensions rose between the US and SU because after the US used the Atomic Bomb in WWII, Russia began making their own and so began a military arms race. The US was also trying to stop the spread of Communism.
ReplyDeleteDont forget Truman's policy of containtment which planned to leave communism where it was already established, yet keep it from spreading to other countries.
DeleteTrue, the United States tried to halt the progression of communism into the remainder of Europe that was not under Soviet influence. The borderlines of the Eastern Bloc, however, were steadily advancing towards Western Europe, but were stop by the progression of the Western Bloc, an anti-communist effort of allied states against the Soviets and their allies. Soon, both blocs reached a stalemate at the "Iron Curtain", an imaginary boundary line that separated both blocs, which caused an increase in hostility among European nations as well as between the United States and the Soviet Union.
DeleteTension built between the United States and the Soviet Union because the soviet union began to compete with the us to see who was the most dominant out of the two. They competed against eachother to have the first man on the moon. The competed over which type of government was better and with this the us grew uneasy with suspicion of russian spies living in the country. This led to the cold war.
ReplyDeleteI agree tensions built up b/c both the soviet union and the US were the superpowers.The soviet union also began competing b/c of the use of the 1st atomic bomb.yes and many suspicions rose with Joseph Mccarthy stating that their was employees in the goverment that were communists
DeleteI agree Joceline, the US and the Soviet Union were competing for technology and government. They were also competing to see which country had the best economy, which nation produced more.
DeleteYes. The atomic bombs and nuclear weapons were what Americans feared as well. The tensions also rose due to aggressiveness some countries.or leaders desired. There was.the Truman doctrine which was to.help others falling into communism and to stop the.enemy from becoming stronger. Both simply wanted the upperhand.or an advantage.
DeleteAgree.The soviet union also created atomic bombs for war.
DeleteI agree, and by this "competition" the United States and Russia have the most nuclear warheads in the world.
DeleteSoviet Union's power was seen as a threat to the United States . Soviet and Chinese communist were trying influence and takeover Europe and Asia. Which was of the causes of the cold war since United States wanted to stop communism from spreading around the world. When the Marshall plan was created, Soviet Union saw the plan as a threat. The Soviet Union thought it was a way for the United States to gain the influence of Europe and Asia. The Soviet Union responded by blockading Berlin. The blockading of Berlin caused The North Atlantic Treaty Organization to form. Which would be the first peacetime military alliance in the U.S. history. The NATO was an agreement to help the United States and cause more tension between U.S. and the Soviet Union.
ReplyDeleteI agree that the Soviet Union didn't trust the U.S. during the Cold War and the attempt of the U.S. to help Berlin to withstand communism.
DeleteAfter WW2 the US and the Soviet Union emerged as two superpowers that were bound to collide.The soviet union had already felt betrayed because the soviet union was left out building of the atomic bomb causing the soviet union to begin building a bomb that would begin the nuclear arms race. Many american feared communism with previous "red scares" in the US it wasn't a surprise another one would spark up.The Americans had a reason to fear communism with the soviet union being a superpower and wanting all the things america had like oil rich Iran and expand their border lines many weak eastern European countries were vulnerable. This led to the Truman doctrine that stated they would aid war struck countries until they have stabilized to avoid turning to communists.
ReplyDeleteI agree. They were both superpower nations that liked to compete. They both were different economically and politically. An example of their competing would be in the "Space Race." I also agree that communism was another reason tensions began. They didn't want communism to spread and thought they could so whatever they could to keep communism from spreading to Asia but eventually did making China communist. All of this led to the Cold War.
DeleteFears that caused the American people because of the Cold War and the aftermath of the Second World War were fears of communism expanding in the U.S. because of the Soviet Union which was now communist; also they saw that the government powers and different desires of the Soviet Union were a threat to our national security. The Cold War brought many fears due to the new bomb that the Soviet Union had made, the U.S. made holes underground just in case if any bombs were to hit America. Schools then practiced bomb drills instead of fire drills. Though through Eisenhower’s administration he promised to institute a more forceful anticommunist foreign policy that Truman, when Eisenhower was to take office he negotiated to end the Korean War, and also devoted the U.S. to convert interventions against Soviet-friendly governments in places like Iran and Guatemala. Kennedy on the other hand calmed the fears of Communist infiltration of the national government. The cold war fears after World War II then brought fears of democracy.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you, Seleste. Especially how you incorporated Ike's ideas. But wasn't some of those JFK's problems, too? JFK was the one who converted interventions.
DeleteContainment was a United States policy using numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism abroad. A component of the Cold War, this policy was a response to a series of moves by the Soviet Union to enlarge communist influence in Eastern Europe, China, Korea, Africa , and Vietnam.
ReplyDeleteThe containment included the creation of nato and you copied word for word
DeleteOne of their attempts to stop the spreading of communism was throughout the Truman Doctrine, which provided Greece and Turkey with their aid so that they wouldn't become communist.
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also suspicion increased due the creation of the Nuclear Bomb and the H-Bomb
DeleteOne of the crisis was the Cuba missile Crisis. Soviet Missiles in Cuba would give a launch advantage and would be able to target a large area of the United States. The Berlin crisis also did not help The soviets kicked the us from west Berlin and built the Berlin wall. Other includes building h-bombs and soviet spies. Another incident includes the U-2 incident in which the soviets knocked down a spy plane
ReplyDeleteAll of these issues are basically trust issues. The U.S and Soviet Union were too powerful. Storing missiles in other territories and building nuclear weapons were just a way to keep tabs with each other. Just like soviet spies and the U-2 aircraft that was shot down.
DeleteOne of the greatest fears that the U.S experienced after WW2 was perhaps the spreading of communism. Their fear increased even more after one of the most populous countries, China, became communist. Also, the Soviet Union had created their first atomic bomb. One attempt for a solution was the Truman Doctrine which would provide help for Greece and Turkey so that they wouldn't fall for communism as well. Schools in the U.S also began practicing bomb drills instead of fire drills.
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Agreed, but the Berlin Blockade was probably the first to increase tensions between the US and the Soviet Union.
DeleteYes, I agree with the communism being a huge fear of spreading. Also a fear to the people was the threat of the Cuban missiles that were so close towards the U.S and a big threat.
DeleteAlso Eisenhower's administration promised a more forceful anticommunist foreign policy which then helped to ease the worries of many Americans.
DeleteThat is very true, the people were just scared of having to fight a greater war once again.
DeleteDuring this time many Communist will be found guilty for crimes with evidence that was often produced simply to enprison Communists out of the fear that it had reached America.
DeleteAfter WWII the United States and the Soviet Union emerged as the two new Superpowers. Although they were allies during WWII, the war's end exposed the countries' many ideological differences, and they soon became enemies. The stakes in this power struggle, called the Cold War, were high. Though the United States and the Soviet Union didn't enter into combat in the Cold War, the United States did fight hot Proxy Wars in Korea and Vietnam during this time. In 1947, Communists threatened to take over both Greece and Turkey, but in a speech before Congress, Truman asked for $400 million in aid to the two countries and asserted the Truman Doctrine which became the cornerstone of a larger policy, called "containment." This policy said the U.S. would not instigate a war with the Soviet Union, but it would come to the defense of countries in danger of Soviet takeover. The policy aimed to prevent the spread of communism and encourage the Soviets to abandon their aggressive strategies.
ReplyDeleteThe U.S. also formed a mutual defense alliance with Western Europe called the North Atlantic Treaty Organization(NATO)in 1949, while the Soviet Union responded with the Warsaw Pact. All this conflict with communists resurrected anti-communist paranoia at home, just as anti-communism had swept America during the Red Scare after WWI.
Eisenhower's administration was somewhat successful against Communism as it continued to follow the policy of containment, but called it liberation to make sound more intimidating. Deterrence described how Soviet fear of massive retaliation would prevent their challenging the U.S. and led to an arms race. Eisenhower had hoped that the death of Stalin might improve American-Soviet relations, however Soviet advances in nuclear arms development and space flight further heightened tensions. The USSR exploded its 1st hydrogen bomb a year after the U.S. blew its 1st H-bomb, and launched the 1st satellite, Sputnik, into space, causing the U.S. to quickly create and fund the National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA), thus starting the Space Race.
In the other hand, Kennedy's administration against Communism was not effective. His first problem involved Cuba where a U.S. friendly dictatorship had been overthrown by Communist insurgents led by Fidel Castro. Looking to solve the dilemma the CIA presented the plan for the Bay of Pigs invasion to Kennedy. The plan involved sending Cuban exiles, whom the CIA had been training, to invade Cuba. However, the invasion failed. Later in the year Kennedy dealt with a 2nd foreign policy issue when the Soviets built the Berlin Wall to divide East and West Berlin, to prevent East Germans from leaving the country. It came to represent at the repressive nature of Communism. In 1962 the U.S. and the USSR came the closest they had yet to a military confrontation. American spy planes detected missile sites in Cuba which came to be known as the Cuban Missile Crisis. Fortunately, negotiations defused the crisis, and the Soviets agreed to accept America's promise not to invade Cuba as pretext for withdrawing the missiles. In return, the U.S. agreed to remove its missiles from Turkey a few months later. The effects of the Cold War in our economy were negative as it caused the country to spend millions of dollars. Also it gave the people an anti-communist feeling and made them combat the spread of communism.
One important event that increased tensions between the US and the Soviet Union was the USSR's launch of Sputnik in October of 1957. The American people developed a great fear that the Soviet Union was gaining the upper hand in space technology and missile development, and that they would drop a missile at any time. When president Dwight Eisenhower was informed about it, he dismissed it as being insignificant. But he had to face the fact that the Soviet Union was winning the space race, they were becoming very powerful. So, in 1958, President Eisenhower sent a bill to congress to create NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. In 1961, President John F. Kennedy responded by expanding the US space program and committed the nation to the ambitious goal of landing a man on the moon by the end of the decade. Although he was assassinated in 1963, JFK's efforts paid off, the US landed on the moon in 1969. The US was impacted economically because the governemnt started to fund NASA's space projects, and those projects were not inexpensive. With the Space Race, the American people were united to support the country in the fight against the Soviet Union. Foreign relations between the America and the USSR worsened. Not only were they competing over technology, it was a battle between capitalism and communism. It was a battle to see which country was more superior in industry, who produced more. Although the Space Race was a part of the Cold War, it was a very significant one, each nation did everything to be more superior than the other. That is why it is so important to discuss, why it should still be taught in school.
ReplyDeleteAn event that increased tension between the United States and the Soviet Union was the Berlin Blockade. The Russians restricted the US and other allies aircraft from entering Berlin, Germany. This would then lead to the Berlin Crisis. This therefore increased tensions between the US and the Soviet Union. Oh, those Russians.
ReplyDeleteHaha, the Russians must have been so angry! Not only did the US completely ignore the Berlin Blockade, but they dropped relief boxes to the Germans. The relief boxes contained everything they needed but seemed to not have, like flour and diapers and food.
DeleteJFK's administration decided to go against Dwight Eisenhower's policy and planned to resist the Soviet Unions expanionism.
ReplyDeleteThat's true, and that being added to the fact that the US didn't help the soviet union, made them grow angrier toward the US.
DeleteA development in 1941 to 1963 that increased suspicion and tension between the United States and Soviet Union was the atomic bomb (nuclear warfare).The Cold War fears of the American people in the aftermath of the Second World War was communism with the red scare to Americans,if they could be trusted to their government. Therefore, the administration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower address these fears by devising a new foreign policy tactic to contain the Soviet Union and also to power the defense of U.S. The administration of President John F. Kennedy address to the fears of the people was not particularly successful because of Cuban Missiles so close to America.The effect to the economy to the U.S was not so good because of all the spending towards the scare and defenses. Society was still confused and relived because of the close war to the soviet union.Foreign relations were spreading good towards anticommunism. The schools were preparing students with bomb drills. A specific event we should discuss that would be good is any that would be helpful because I would like to know more.
ReplyDeleteDevelopments that increased the.tension.between the.Soviet union and the U.S were the.label of being the dominant figure in the world. One of the obvious fears of Americans was the expansion of communism. Since the U.S. And Soviet union did not see eye to eye and have same beliefs or strategies, the tension just kept rising. There were events such as the Soviet-German pact that led to invasions which the western allies were against. Eisenhower and kennedy had different strategies. Kennedy aimed more for peace and thought more on improving the U.S. Since many feared the advancement and threat of nuclear weapons, he pushed the partial nuclear test ban treaty which slowed the nuclear processes. Eisenhower believed an aggressive approach was needed to keep communism from expanding. Therefore, he threatened others and claimed to use.atomic weapons if necessary.
ReplyDeleteOne of the main reasons that caused tension was communism. The US didn't want the spread of communism however more tension grew when China became communist. There, The Soviet Union started to build and test their atomic bombs. Another reason was that the Us and the Soviet Union were competing at who was better overall. An example would be the Space Race. the Soviet Union launched the Sputnik (the first Earth satellite). Shocked, the US responded with the Space Race seeing who would be the first at outer space exploration between the US and the Soviet Union.
ReplyDeleteThe fears were mostly due to the tension of the idea of nuclear warfare. Peiple saw it as constant fighting along wih the fact that communism was beginning to spread. Truman helped contain the spread by what is now the Truman doctrine
ReplyDeleteThe USA was in constant fear that the Soviet Union would end up being superior in that, hence we strated constructing our own atomic bombs which made the Soviet Union frightened and it became a back and forth thing.
DeleteOne thing that is not often mentioned in the stirrings of the cold war is German Rocket Engineer Van Buren who was highly sought after by the Americans and Soviets. His German V-2 rocket had been highly sophisticated and a thing that was feared of the Nazi Germans. When Nazi Germany failed, Van Buren was captured by America while his remnants of the V-2 rocket were captured by the Soviets. Each nation began to attempt remaking the rocket or improving it. Sergei Korolev later was gained as an asset by the Soviets and this cold war and ability to gain the firepower to launch nuclear weapons far distances proven by the ballistic missiles proved a large threat to both nations during the space race. Which was ultimately a way to prove the superiority of each nation's military potential. With the launch of Sputnik the race was on! This time in American history would lead the creation of NASA and the advancements of the education in science and mathematics. These new fields of research launched by Eisenhower and Kennedy will lead to computers and many advancements in technology including GPS and Weather forecasting it wad another Age of Knowledge (:
ReplyDeleteAlso, the creation of NASA began to create more jobs for the Americans. The common people began to get smarter, as they getter a better education of Physics and Calculus. We see this with scientists Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking.
Deletethe cold war fears by the american people were that maybe communism would expand since the soviet union was now communist, and apparently it did, joseph stalin didnt give the other free countries free election as he had agreed to and instead he turned them all into communist countries.the Americans were in fear that maybe communism would expand through the world and so they came up with the domino theory and president truman came up with the truman doctrine to help greece and turkey by giving them aid so they wouldnt fall to communism, later on the passed the marshall plan which gave aid to the allies and countries in need of it, in order for communism to be contained, in 1949 the soviet union made their first atomic bomb later that year china became communist, the americans were in great fear since now one of the most populous countries in the world had become communist and also the soviet union made the bomb.
ReplyDeleteThe Truman Doctrine had a great effect on controlling the spread of communism and lasted a total of 40 years as an American foreign policy.
DeleteSome fears that America showed in the Soviet Union is the fear of the growing Communism and the diminishing Democracy. Other fears during the Cold War is the growing suspicion of nuclear warfare. MAD. President Ike was somewhat successful, while Kennedy was successful in addressing these fears. The effects boosted our economy, jobs, military, and education. We became more into foreign relations as we could not look weak in the eyes of the USSR. The Cold War, Bay of Pigs, Space Race, and the Korean War, were all events dealing with this.
ReplyDeleteI agree communism was a great fear. A fear so great that it led us to fight the Vietnam war. We were so scared that democracy was going to end around the world.
DeleteI agree we were so scared that communism was going to spread that we fought the Vietnam war which was so dumb because we got our butts wooped just to make sure democracy didn't end .
DeleteI agree with you we feared that communist was going to speard to the united states and fought for democracy not to end
DeleteWWII made it very clear that the Soviet Union couldn't be trusted. At first they sided with Hitler and even though they helped us defeat Hitler the U.S never really trusted them again. In meetings between U.S, Europe and the Soviets the difference in ideology was clear and communism a definite threat. Possession of nuclear weaponds and the space race also did not help the situation. It just created more tensions. Tensions and suspicion I might add, were handled very poorly by Eisenhower because he fought fire with fire. Whith fire. What ever the Soviets did we had to do better and this cold war would not have ended if the Soviets hadn't have had a poorly ran economy and had ran out of money before us.
ReplyDeleteThe end of WWII came about with much underlying tension between the Soviet Union and the USA. Democracies like the USA didn't want Soviet influence occuring in Eastern Europe which what was happening. The fear of communism was poorly addressed by attacking various individuals with suspision being communists. Many people lost jobs, wouldn't be able to reconstruct their careers, and some even were put in jail.
ReplyDeleteagreed, the united states did not like the fact of the soviet union spreading communism, this only caused more tension between the two.
DeleteAt this time the only super powers left were the United States and the Soviet Union. One thing that incresed tension was the communism spread by the soviet union. another thing is the fact that when it came down to fight japan, the soviet union did not intervene, they let the united states fight alone.
ReplyDeleteSoviet union and U.S rose up to be super powers. Tension grew because the development of nuclear weapons, from atomic, to hydrogen to neutron bombs. We ended world war ii by dropping the atomic bomb on japan. The soviet Union did not want the U.S to rise above the other countries and we did not want communism to take over.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Josue in that the bombing on Japan showed the Soviets how powerful the US was and that started to increase threat.
DeleteThe Soviet Union was the victim of getting invaded by Germany, and the US did not even attempt to help the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union grew angry towards the US for not helping.
ReplyDeleteThe tension between United States and the Soviet union grew . One of the biggest reason for the tension was because US created the first nuclear bomb and we didn't tell the ussr about it so they took it as a major treat and created their own. This made more tension between united States and the Soviet union. Then we threaten them and they threaten us so the cold war happened
ReplyDeleteAmericans feared that the situation would eventually get out of hands and eventually both Nations would end up destroying the world.
DeleteThe United States did not trust the Soviet Union, just at they did not trust the US. The US created an atomic bomb, and the threatened soviet union responded with their own atomic bomb using information they'd acquired due to espionage. Tensions rose when the United States created the hydrogen bomb. It was not until Germany invaded Russia that the two began to work with each other. It was a relationship of convenience, because the two countries still did not trust each other.
ReplyDeleteThey also didnt trust them since Russia invaded Poland too.
DeleteI agree that having weapons of mass destruction helped in the increase of tension between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. There was also the thought of retaliation on both sides.
DeleteThe United States and the Soviet Union had many tensions after the second world war and both wanted to race for power. Right at the end of WWII, the US used the atomic bomb wich rattled the Soviets thinking that it could've been used on them as well, so they came up with their own atomic bomb. Both countries were always threatning each other with nuclear innahilation and were "racing" with each other to out-do each other, eventually the Soviet Union went broke and that is when they fell.
ReplyDeleteThere were a variety of developments that increased suspicion and tension between the United States and Soviet Union between 1941 and 1963. A development that began the Cold War fears of the American people in the aftermath of ww2 was the increase in weapons of mass dirstruction (AKA) The A-Bomb). What started and continued this fight between these two massive powers was trust issues. President Dwight D. Eisenhower didn't administrated the fears of the American people successfully because his main worry was having the better tech, equipment, and greater power. Who knows what would of happened if the Soviet Union wouldn't of ran out of money and lost the war.
ReplyDeleteSome of the reasons the Americans were scared was because they were didn't want to have a nuclear fight with Russia. it will be Mutually Assured Destruction. They of course did not want that. The government wanted to the citizens to not really worry, so they taught them how to "duck and cover" in order to be safe.
ReplyDeleteThe atomic bomb also grew tensions because the soviets felt threatened and that the us could attack whenever they wanted to but then when the soviets made their own atomic bomb then the tensions were really risen to a higher level.
DeleteAfter stresses of the space race, the threat of technological advancements was very high and one uping each other was the main threat. When the nuclear warfare threat came the race to create the bombs was what the cold war was. By threatening each other with bombs, each nation was more apprehensive and suspicious of each other even more.
ReplyDeleteThe Cold War was characterized by mutual distrust, suspicion, and misunderstandings by both the United States and the Soviet Union, and their allies. At times, these conditions increased the likelihood of a third world war. The United States accused the Soviet Union of seeking to expand Communism throughout the world. The Soviets, meanwhile, charged the United States with practicing imperialism and with attempting to stop revolutionary activity in other countries. Each bloc's vision of the world also contributed to East-West tension. The United States wanted a world of independent nations based on democratic principles. The Soviet Union, however, attempted to tightly control areas it considered vital to its national interest, including much of Eastern Europe.
ReplyDeleteSoviets called for world revolution and the destruction of capitalism, which was the economic system of the United States.
ReplyDeleteThings that led to suspicion between these two nations were that after the soviet found out of the usa making the atomic bomb they began to question their peace with them. The space race also grew the tensions between these two nations and president eisenhower made himself aware of the fears that were faced by the people of his nation and made their safety one of his main priorities.
ReplyDeleteThe greatest fear of American Citizens was the spread of communism . Specially after the idea of nuclear warfare started been developed more and more with the new atomic bomb and the hydrogen bomb , Americans really feared that the situation would get out of hands.
ReplyDeleteThe Marshall Plan was a plan that the US govt came up with to stop the spread of communism, but it ultimately failed.
DeleteTV commercials like "Duck & Cover" assured americans that they could be safe from nuclear war. Also the creation of safety camps made americans feel safer. However, these things could not stop the destruction that would happen if a bomb were dropped.
DeleteThe greatest fear of American Citizens had was Kennedy's administration. Kennedy's administration against Communism wasn't effective. His first problem involved Cuba where a U.S. friendly dictatorship had been overthrown by Communist insurgents led by Fidel Castro. Looking to solve the problem the CIA presented the plan for the Bay of Pigs invasion to Kennedy. Which was a 1,400-man invasion force would disembark under cover of darkness and launch a surprise attack.
ReplyDeleteArms race and space reace increased suspicion between the US and Soviet Union. As the Soviet union increased production of harmful weapons, Americans felt as if war was approaching. However we also increased our weapons. When the Atomic bomb came about in both Soviet union and US, citizens were on the edge. A nuclear war was MAD. Presidents created commercials on TV and radio creating a sense of safety among the community. For example, "Duck and Cover" made people feel safe saying that if you ducked and covered you'd be safe from an atomic bomb.
ReplyDeleteLots of suspicion was created and lots of trust was lost in government during this time the space race was very active and lots of suspicion was rising to the occasion and is seen clearly in Theodore Roosevelt's campaign. With the Roswell, New Mexico crash lots of suspicion rose do to the government keeping things that were happening classified and cause an uproar and caution whether american should trust there government and thus the famous JFK quote Ask not what your government can do for you but what you can do for your government. With the war being broken out in vietnam protesting erupted also americans lost trust within the government. During this time period americans are not very aware of what american was doing domestically like the Roswell accident with the president not revealing much. Lots of technological advancements were put in place such as the black bird program and other spying equipment to keep track of what the russians were doing. Nuclear war heads being near suburban areas the most infamous was Nebraska. With all the conspiracies that occurred around this time period americans didn't trust there government at all and were very frightened of the domino effect and the Soviet nuclear program.
ReplyDeleteSorry to correct you Rochelly, but I am pretty sure you mean Franklin Roosevelt, not Theodore. Anyways, it's true that there was much secrecy with the government. However, the American people were more concerned with Communism spreading to the States rather than stuff like the Roswell Incident.
DeleteWell the main fears the American people had in the cold war was the spread of communism and getting nuked by the soviet union. Eisenhower addressed these fears with his brinkmanship policy which went like if you (a country) threaten us we'll threaten you with a bomb, needless to say they worked since we aren't in the soviet union right now.
ReplyDeletethe U-2 incident caused tension between the US and the soviet union. The US was flying these spy planes so high over the Soviet Union that they couldn't be reached. During the time of a peace initiative, one of the planes developed a problem or was shot down, and its pilot parachuted out and was captured. The US claimed that the plane had simply wandered off course a little, but that claim was ridiculed. The US was scared that this and other things would make the Soviet Union nuke them.
ReplyDeleteThe U-2 inncedent did stir up a lot of tension. Tension was already built up so the soviet union wasn't letting any little thing go by.
DeleteLots of tension was being caused by the Beginning of ideological war, pressure of becoming the dominant World Superpower, and a growing distrust of each other and Allies. The US wasn't trying to let any of this happen and while they were trying to prevent or prepare for it the soviet union was thinking the US was trying to plan something on them.
ReplyDeleteI agree eith you Doug, competition was greatly a factor of this. U.S and USSR was almost trying to impress each other and make one another see how one is better than the other. The space race was a factor that increased tensions.
DeleteBesides the the spread of communism, The United States feared looking weak as a nation when being compared to the Soviet union. After WWII, germany had fallen and the 2 powers arose. i believe after the Soviet Union had found out about the creation of the US atomic bomb,their power was seen through these bombs or who at the bgger bomb. regardless, a bomb would do enough damage. The arms was the main conflict between these 2 nations which led to the development of the H bomb which was even more catastrophic.
ReplyDeleteAfter World War II, Americans were completely terrified at the fact that the Soviets were trying to spread Communism. They were afraid that Communism could spread to America, the land of the free. When Fidel Castro took over Cuba and put Communism in place, the American people were scared because Communism had now spread to an island that was relatively close to the United States, and were even more frightened when the Soviet Union placed missiles on Cuba. Luckily, President JFK took action and worked out a negotiation with the Soviets. The missiles were removed and America could now take a sigh of relief.
ReplyDeleteThis is in fact true us Americans, "the strong and mighty" were afraid of communism. This is why IKE approved the overthrowing of Castro's administration
DeleteIn 1941 to 1963 there was several events that increased suspicion and tension between the United States and Soviet Union. during this time there was lack of trust. U.S didn't trust USSR as well as USSR didn't trust U.S there was a feeling of competition going on, soviets tried to spread communism, and the making of organizations to try to get ahead of the USSR. The Space Race was also a rise to tension, U.S and Soviet Union were on a race toget to space first . That is when the sputnik and U.S founded NASA .
ReplyDeleteThe tension coming off from WWII caused a drastic rift between the US and the Soviet Union. Americans were afraid of change. the soviets were gaining power and communism was spreading. once communism hit cuba the us govt took matters into their own hand invading the bay of pigs. pres IKE was the one who approved the overthrowing of castro so that we as a nation can be saved from the almighty communism
ReplyDeleteAmerican fears began with the probability of destruction through the usage of weapons by both the U.S. and the Soviets. The Soviet Union had the equal power as the U.S. until the creation of the Hydrogen bomb. Due to the Truman Committee money was saved for defense cost. While many Americans still feared retaliation from the Soviets because of the presence of Democracy and communism becoming opposed to it.
ReplyDeleteIn the time of the Cold War Americans feared the end of Democracy because of communism and their possible means of ending the U.S. The Soviet Union tension with the U.S. was the same on both sides, yet there was more signs of fear in Americans other than in Soviets. While Eisenhower's administration was successful in preventing panic through out the nation. There were plans initiated where Americans could be sage other than preparing for their deaths.
ReplyDeleteAs a presidential candidate in 1952, Eisenhower promised to establish a better anticommunist foreign policy than the one that was already in place. Upon taking office, Eisenhower talked about putting an end to the Korean War.
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