Impact of the Cold War
- Although we were allied with the USSR during World War II, we began a “cold war” with them almost immediately after World War II ended. This means that although no shots were fired (like in a hot war), we fought on other sorts of battlegrounds for world dominance. What were the roots of the Cold War?
Western nations including the United States and Great Britain formed an alliance with the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) after Hitler’s attack on the USSR in 1914. This was an uneasy alliance as the soviets believed that the west did not provide adequate support. The cold war erupted in order to establish world dominance between the capitalist and communist superpowers. America aimed at preventing the Soviet Union from expanding its territories to Europe and Asia in order to establish world dominance (Falode 102).
- Both Julius and Ethyl were likely guilty of the conspiring to commit espionage (though there is some doubt with Ethyl). However, historians also maintain that their death sentences were unreasonable harsh. What does their death sentence tell us about how the U.S. was feeling about communism at this time?
The deaths of Julius and Ethyl show how the United States was against communism and its ways or ruling a state. The US wanted to prove that capitalism is more powerful than communism.
- What do these housing restrictions tell us about who got to share in the postwar economic boom AND do you think this could have effects on generational wealth?
The housing restrictions imposed in the capitalist nation of America only favor private and public real estate owners. This has an effect on generational wealth as most of the racial bias on the capitalists who owned and controlled most of the housing properties in America.