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 * Cold War **


 * The Butter Battle Book by Dr. Seuss-Analysis **



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The **"Iron Curtain"**, as the british primer minister **Winston Churchill** called it,was an invisible barrier that was dividing Germany into two different nations: **East Germany** and **West Germany**. The main reason why the eastern territory differed from the western territory was due their economic systems. East was **Communist** and west **Capitalist**. The east was under the rule of the **Soviet Union**, lead by **Josef Stalin**, whereas the west, divided into 3 subsections, was lead by **Churchill** and the north American president **Harry Truman**. The dissimilarities between the two sides created a historical conflict: The **Cold War**. Which was characterized by being a conflict of non-violent combats and a conflict that allowed scientists, thinkers, philosophers and spies to play an essential role. The **Space Race** and the **Arms Race** were products of this conflict, which later was considered a simple competition of two different blocks trying to demonstrate who had more power. One of the many root causes of the war was the **Marshall Plan**, which basically was an economical and military aid from the US government to Europe, which was considerably destroyed after the WWII. Since the US wanted to stop the **Communist Expansion**, the plan in a certain way was supposed to help just the nations that were against the communist policies. While many historical events were occurring in Europe, **Fidel Castro,**one of the leaders of the Cuban revolution, created the first Communist state in the western Hemisphere. Something that later would initiate the **Cuban Missile Crisis,**since Castro allowed **Nikita Khrushchev**, the First Secretary of the Communist party, to use the cuban territory as a launching site. It didn't take long for the North Americans to discover the launching site since in **1962** a US spy plane detected the situation. After the **Korean** and **Vietnam** War, the end of the Cold War is accredited to **Ronald Reagan**, who became the 40th president of the United States after being a Hollywood star.
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 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">How did the Korean War turn into a Cold War Conflict? **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Why did the Korean War not lead to world war? **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">How does the Korean War shed light on the broad themes of the Cold War? **


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> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">//-Since the main powers in the war did get involved; and citizens of the same nation were fighting against each other, I think that the clash between North and South was a combination of both types of war.// > <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">-//In 1948, both parties set up troops along the border and the leader of each group did awful thing to the opponent's troops.// > //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">- <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">The north was under the influence of the soviets. And everything below the 38th parallel, the south, was under the influence of the United States. // > <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">-//The Japanese tried to eradicate the Korean language and forced prostitution and labor.// <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Do you Believe the Korean War was a Civil War or a Proxy War (war that results when opposing powers use third parties as substitutes for fighting each other directly.)? **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Provide three pieces of evidence from the video to support your claim. **

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 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 160%;">Three most important points gained from the poll: **
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">During may, a month after the first survey, **a great part of the surveyees changed their answer and chose "No"** when they ////<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">were asked if the governments were going to reach a positive agreement. //
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">After all of the fatalities and devastating consequences a great part of the group still believed that **the USA had to take strong steps to end the conflict.** //
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">A big amount of the citizens **believed and trusted President Eisenhower**. Many believed that he could provide a positive solution to the international problem. //


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 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 160%;">"What would you do?" Activity: **