Quesions!

Quesions

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9. Winston Churchill believed that the division between East and West was permanent. In 1946 he declared in a speech in Fultron, Missouri, that an iron curtain had descended on Euroupe. He meant that the Soviets had cut off Eastern Europe from the West. Behind the curtain was the Soviets holding control.

11. A cold war is one in which the two enemies did no actually fight eachother, instead they all fight to be the most superior nation.

13. It was a Government Issue. They gave the opportunity for returning GI's to go to college, get a job, specialized training, etc.

15. There was no victor, but there were many deaths. More than 54,000 Americans died in the war and another 103,000 were wounded. Nearly 2,000,000 Koreans and Chinese died. It then became a demilitarized zone. It was also a direct threat to the Soviets. The US sent a message that we were committed to fighting Communist expansion with money, arms, and even lives.

16. The purpose was to invest communism in America

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5. Hawaii and Alaska

9. Fidel Castro

10. Travel by plane was a great technological advancement for the US. It was fast easy and safe. Television became more common. Computers were used for big businesses.

14. All the rich people left the poor people in the dust. The inner cities became islands of poverty.

16. Because if they had nuclear weapons they would have enough control to not need large armies.

17. The need for vehicles became more and more because the money from taxes could not pay for public transportation