Automobile Makers and the Yen
Introduction The 1980s was an interesting decade. An actor was elected president in not just one but two landslides, the Iron Curtain fell, along with the Cold War and the United States shocked the sports world when their ice hockey team beat the Soviet Union for a gold medal. Also, the 1980s....

Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall, for twenty-eight years, separated friends, families, and a nation. A lot of suffering began for Germany when World War II commenced, but by the end of the war Germany was in the mists of a disaster waiting to happen. After WWII was over Germany was divided into four parts. The Un....

Cold War: Nation-State Conflict
The phrase Cold War is something that a generation can identify with as an age of uncertainty, with no clear outcome. From a political stand point it is one of the most complicated and interesting times in human history. Two nations managed to fight one another without ever killing a solide....

Eisenhower Administration DBQ
The Eisenhower administration dealt with the fears of communism by openly acting and not ignoring the threat. This caused feeling of hysteria, panic, and fear throughout the nation. Eisenhower although not addressing the fears of the people in a well-organized manner, did actively deal with the thre....

In what ways and with what results, was Germany the key focus of the early stages of the Cold War?
During WWII, Germany was a common enemy to Allied Forces which started with Great Britain and France and ended up with the Soviet Union forming part of it together with the United States of America. After defeating Nazi Germany ruled by Adolph Hitler, the Soviet Union got to Berlin and afterward the....

Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain was a physical and symbolic border that separated Europe in two. It was a border of communist Soviet Union and the rest of the western nations. The Curtain stretched all the way into Western Europe, pressing its borders into Germany, and Berlin. The Iron Curtain went on from ....

Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin may be dead but his existence and cruelty still haunts Russia. He became the leader of Russia shortly after Lenins death. He was paranoid, mean, and he didnt trust anyone. He used people and made them do what he wanted but later he ended up either killing or imprisoning them. He wa....

Singing Revolution - Estonia
Estonia- bordered to the north by Finland, Russia in the east, Latvia to the south and the Baltic Sea to the west, is a small country in Northern Europe with a population of around 1.34 million. Estonians are among the oldest peoples in the world with the earliest settlements dating around 11000 yea....

The Immigration of Emigrants
Immigrants have always come to America for the streets of gold. America has been the place people to get rich not just financially, but mentally. America was the land of opportunity; opportunity for everything anyone would have wanted. America was opportunity. But among the many reasons to ....

The Lexus and the Olive Tree
The Lexus and the Olive Tree by Thomas Friedman is written to inform the reader that our world is changing and evolving so fast in this relatively new global system. Friedman hopes to help define the new system of globalization that is upon us while giving the reader a prescription for success. ....

Ukraine: A Return to Prosperity
UKRAINE: A Return to Prosperity Patrick J Davis Economics 202 November 27, 2006 Executive Summary Ukraine, a country seated between communist Russia, economic opportunity in Western Europe, and Baltic tensions has risen from the curb many times over. Hav....

Why the US became increasingly involved in the war in Vietnam
America became increasingly involved in the war in Vietnam, mainly because of the domino theory, the fear of the spread of communism. If South Vietnam fell to the communist the US feared that communism would spread throughout Asia and to neighbouring countries. The influence of the previous presiden....

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