BIOL 1001 Chapter : Chapter 10
Document Summary
A simpler time : economic prosperity: the atomic age, a-bomb, h-bomb, russia develops an a-bomb; us not the only one with nuclear power, us develops h-bomb; more powerful. End of wwii: two germanys, west germany is capitalist and democratic (us, france, great. Britain: east germany is communist (ussr, berlin is also divided up even though it is in east germany, influence of communism begins to spread throughout eastern. Europe: iron curtain speech by winston churchill: ussr has influence over all area on the east of the iron curtain and they seek to push the curtain westward. Contained: un support: police action , not war, 54,000 americans died. Julius and ethel rosenburg: spies that were executed, sold out secrets from the us to the ussr; accelerates the russian nuclear program, convicted and executed in 1953; crime is worse than murder. Not just treason, but changing the course of history and are responsible for aggression in korea.
