Even though the Cold war ended, the influence of the Soviet Union didn’t. The Soviet Union grew out of the Bolshevik revolution and Civil war in 1917. The USSR was officially established in 1922. So what should textbooks emphasize about the Soviet Union? Well i feel that the three things that a chapter on the Soviet Union in a school textbook should emphasize the Culture, their military, and their economy, now let me explain why. Well one area that the textbook should emphasize on would be on the culture and the achievements that they got from some of the activities. While under rule, classical ballet grew. Young adults and children had to learn it in school. The two leading Soviet ballet theaters during that time were the Kirov …show more content…
As on document E it shows The military spending differences between the Soviet Union and the U.S. during 1980. This document shows how much the Soviet Union was spending on their military, The USSR was using 11% of their GNP(Gross National Product) on their military and the U.S. was only using 5% of their GNP. I don’t exactly know why they were trying to build their military up by that much, maybe they thought there would be another great war and were trying to be prepared. .Another example is shown on document f, on this document it talks about how the Soviet Union fires earth satellite into space. This shows how advanced their military was, they were the first to launch a satellite into space. Their military should also be emphasized because it shows how they extended themselves and how they influenced everyone surrounding them. It also shows the difference between the USSR and the U.S., the world's two …show more content…
During the 1980’s the Soviet Union seemed to be one of the most stable political units of the world, but just because they had a stable political unit does not mean every thing else was good. The economy of the Soviet Union had its up’s and downs, as it shows in document B people had a hard time communicating because there was up to 11 hour difference. Another thing is the gross national product difference between the Soviet Union and the U.S. during the 1980’s, The United States GNP was 2.47 trillion dollars and the Soviet Union’s GNP was 1.47 trillion dollars. I feel that since this is during the cold war the Soviet Union spent all their money on their military and during this time there economy dropped and since they were communist they had a hard time supporting their people. This also explains why the U.S. GNP was high, because they weren't building up their military and also the U.S. already had a really great military so they didn't need to build up in the first
The President of the United States of America in the 1980’s was none other than Ronald Reagan. Reagan is often remembered for the idea of ‘Reaganomics’, which was a set of economic policies that Reagan used in the 1980’s in order to fix the economic issues at the time. The New Right Conservatives was a group of conservatives that was against the Soviets and wanted to make economic and foreign policy changes. Reaganomics wasn’t perfect in all respects, but it certainly allowed Ronald Reagan to achieve the goals of the New Right conservatives, which were to increase tax cuts and military spending temporarily and to defeat the Soviets in the Cold War. Ronald Reagan achieved the economic goals that the New Right conservatives wanted, which was
Essay Portion Option #2: After World War II ended, there was an immense tension all over the world; United States and the USSR emerged as the two principal potencies. A new era was coming, the beginning of the Cold War, a clash between the two most powerful countries in the world in almost every possible ambit, such as social, political, military, economical, among others. Also, the influence of these two countries with different systems; United States with capitalism and the USSR with communism, started to blossom over the smaller nations, in a race to prove who is the best. Consequently, these external relationships had to be regularized in a way that could maintain the bond strong and both sides could benefit from it, like the military-industrial
By highlighting prominent “sins” earlier in his speech, Reagan subtly transfers the association of these sins to the Soviet Union, thereby further driving his attempt to rally the American people. Having progressed on a communistic base for years, the Soviet Union’s drive is to destroy capitalism and replace it with its own ideology- communism (“Cold War”). The Soviets intend to force these ideals upon democratic nations by the production and possession of nuclear missiles, a terrifying prospect to any country. Ronald Reagan calls the Soviet Union out in this speech; the title alone, “The Evil Empire”, condemns the Soviets as ruthless destroyers of peace and freedom. His words not only influence the American people, but also reach the hearts if the Soviets.
Ultimately, the Cold War, a massive geopolitical event for the time, promoted a healthy and sustainable economy throughout the 1950s and provided the foundation for a wealthy nation in the
The United States not knowing what was coming next because the Soviet Union was using espionage as well, created a stronger nation because they were
First: In the Soviet Union, People had needed one another. [Doc 1: A List]. In Russia and the U.S, People needed freedom. [Doc 1: A List]. Second: In the Soviet Union, They believe that if people work together, they will achieve greater things.
Ronald Reagan said, “ So far dentetes been a one-way street that the soviet union has pursued at their own times….” Ronald Reagan was certain that the Soviet Union was not as powerful as they have said they were. The Soviet Union government could not successfully meet meet up to the America’s free-market system. So the ideas were steadily flowing and started taking place, he commenced a fast, large increase in the mass and grade of America's military technology and overbearing amount of weapons and taunted and the soviets to get them to match it.
Especially since Eisenhower believed in massive retaliation, which was funding the stockpiling of nuclear weapons and less funding to the army. Eisenhower’s policy had backlash from both conservatives and liberals. As stated in Document E, “...whether a policy accepting the first blow may be the best one.” People believed that massive retaliation was not the best way to avoid nuclear war. Document E serves the purpose of showing the faults of massive retaliations and how in the grand scheme it isn’t a sufficient way to keep away from a nuclear war.
he first chapter of The Cold War: A New History begins by comparing the United States to the U.S.S.R. and talking about the similarities between the two. It also talks about Communism and how Marx deemed it necessary in order to build up the economy. Lenin tried to implement Communism in Russia. They were not quite ready for that kind of system, so Stalin tried to modernize the economy. The U.S.S.R. had more casualties in World War II, but things were not necessarily looking great in America either.
Education and technology changed in a massive way during the Cold War. This was because during the Cold War, the United States was on a race with the Soviet Union to get the best technology and one up each other in education, economy political influence, etc. Technology was also heavily influenced because of the War. Some of the things the Soviets and Americans invented weren 't expected for another couple of years and were way ahead of their time. Some of the things invented were Direct Distance Dialing, basic computer language, L.E.D lights, and our very first satellites.
The Soviet Union has been an enigma, but still, a very significant contributor to the history of the world. There have been many rulers in Soviet Union history. The Soviet Union has been through economic successes and downfalls, ages of terror, a world war, was once an ally of the United States, today is an enemy of the US. If we were to add the history from the Soviet Union to our textbooks , what information should be emphasized? There are many important areas about the Soviet Union, three of them are: cultural achievements, military strength and political repression.
The United States military during both of these decades was extremely powerful. The 1960s and 1980s are correlated in the fact that the United States won a major war during both. In the 1960s, the United States won the Vietnam War, and in the 1980s, the United States won the Second Cold War. This was a continuation of the Cold War and a period of heightened tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union. The Vietnam War relates to the Cold War in actuality that it “[represented] the fight between communism and capitalism, the fight of the Cold War” (Vietnam War).
At the end of the second world war there was an argument about who was more responsible for the cold war the Soviet Union or United States. Many people thought that the Soviet Union was responsible because the ruling insecure the nation. The Soviet Union wanted to expand and influence the world wide. " Instead of continuing Roosevelt
The schools started changing; their curriculums became much stronger in math and science. It was more a goal to develop an engineer than attorney; it just really affected our schools.” From this quotation one can see that the space race influenced the education in the United States and changed it for the better. Bradt says, “Though Sputnik was a relatively simple satellite compared with the more complex machines to follow, its beeping signal from space galvanized the United States to enact reforms in science and engineering education so that the nation could regain technological ground it appeared to have lost to its Soviet rival” (Bradt). Although the Sputnik was not known to be technologically advanced it was the first thing to orbit the earth, it stunned people in the United States and caused an instant response.
Near the economical and political repression, there was also ethnic part, sometimes, it would as part of political or economical repression, and would be just as a side reason. And sometimes, it could be seen clearly. In Soviet Union there were living many ethnic groups, because Soviet Union was combine from many hijacked territories. And, it was again, violating Soviet Union people human rights, and also discriminating different ethnic groups, which is also, nowadays a crime. And one of the biggest and most important ethnic repression was population transfer.