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Topic 7 DQ 2 Grade 5/5 Instructor comments: Well done! Best of luck in all future endeavors! The Second World War affected the foreign policies of the United States in the postwar world. How did the strained allied relationships, particularly those of the United States and the U.S.S.R. contribute to initiating the Cold War? Discuss the key events that occurred from the Berlin Airlift to the Cuban Missile Crisis and their impact on the United States. World War II affected the foreign policies for the United States dramatically. We had to be more engaged with other countries because of the fear of communist spreading to other countries and could have created a domino effect. The U.S.S.R was a communist country, who wanted to control their nation with communism and a massive revolution. This was a problem we did not want more countries to become, especially the ones that were our allies. A communist was run by government, which is only one control overall. The United States was more a combination of capitalism, socialism, and democracy, a mixed economy embraces economic freedom when it comes to capital use, but it also allows for government intervention for the public good, which is a government we elect to office. These differences were some of the major issues for the Cold War, there was so much distrust and fear of communism, and no one wanted to go back to war again. The Berlin Airlift was somewhat of a rescue for those who were trapped in Berlin and not able to get supplies. The Soviet Union had stopped any landing in the airports in West Berlin. The United States were successful in airdropping supplies. Through the events of the Berlin Crisis, it pushed American allies to formalize their commitment to one another , which created the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in 1949 was formed. This was very important because Castro had agreed to allow the Soviet Union to base some of their nuclear missiles in Cuba. These missiles would be easily capable of reaching U.S. targets and therefore of triggering a nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union (Schultz, 2018). President Kennedy created a blockade to prevent the Soviet Union from reaching port in Cuba. The standoff did not subside until the Soviets removed their missiles from Cuba if the U.S. did the same near Turkey and we had to agree not to invade Cuba. It was close; we almost were in a nuclear war. -Taressa References Schultz, K. M. (2018). HIST 5, U.S. History. (Fifth). Cengage Learning. Retrieved from https://www.gcumedia.com/digital-resources/cengage/2018/hist5_5e.php
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