Emmanuel+Belis

Enmanuel Belis Jeff & Pg CB 9 6/4/13  The Cold War The cold war was a war between the U.s and the soviet union. The war started right after ww2 and ended in 1991 after the fall of the soviet union. The cold war also influenced American culture, Politics and economics. In 1945 the U.s and soviet union were uneasy during ww2. The war ended with a victory over Adolf Hitler’s Nazi empire. During the reconstruction of Europe a power struggle developed between the soviet union which wanted Germany to be communist and the united states and britain which wanted Germany to be democratic. Neither country's wanted to go to war again after what had happened in ww2 so then it was then called the cold war. Where it will mostly about propaganda than going out and fighting with weapons. During the 1970s and the early 1980's, the “Soviet economy was deteriorating under the effects of a centralized bureaucratic system, the burdens of an increasingly costly arms race, and a failed war in Afghanistan”. A new leader came into power in 1985 in the person of Gorbachev. He wanted to end the cold war and bring back the economic and political reform of the soviet union. he also made new agreements with the united states and ended the support of client government in east europe and cuba. He repressed the police state in the soviet union and took steps to introduce a democratic political process . Because of the actions that he made it caused a better relationship with the united states and ended the cold war. What he did not know was because of these actions it also caused the collapse of the soviet union by 1991.  The cold war has had a influence on the lives of many americans. It escalated due to “ antagonist values between the United States, representing capitalism and democracy, and the Soviet Union, representing communism and authoritarianism . After being two dominant powers in ww2 contention between the united states became a global conflict”. This is what i learned about the cold war how it started and ended and how it affected the american society.  The sources i used was 1) [|__http://tradshad.wordpress.com/writings/cold-war-influences-on-american-culture-politics-and-economics/__] 2) [|__http://www.helium__] [|__http://www.shmoop.com/causes-of-cold-war/summary.html__] [|__.com/items/1844410-effects-of-the-cold-war-on-american-society__] 3) [|__http://www.shmoop.com/causes-of-cold-war/summary.html__] 4) [|__http://www.ushistory.org/us/59e.asp__] 5) [|__http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090110225512AAZnxie__] 6) [|__http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081211213110AAvb2jR__]