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Parent's view on the Cold War
What were your parents answers to the Cold War questions? Jessi Bell I asked my mom what she knew about the cold war, and she didnt know a whole lot besides it was an arugment between the United States and the USSR. She didnt know when it took place, or why. Tiffany Kyte I asked my brother what he knew about the cold war and what happen this is what he said, Who-- U.S. and Soviet Union When-- 1940's Why-- Noclear arms race Where-- Germany I agree with him because all of it was right but there is more that he could of added.

Chris Pfeiffer. I asked my parent about the cold war and they had no idea ecxept for that it was between USSR and U.S and that there was no weapons used during it,so it was not really a war

My parents only knew mostly about the Berlin wall being toppled. My mom mentioned that she thinks it ended when the wall fell and that's about all they knew.-RJ
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who?---between Russia and us when?---during the 1950s 04 1940s where?---Germany i think why?--- we were both huge powers and countries || My dad seemed to know alot about it. How germany was split up and the whole cuban crisis and such. how ronald regan was superman and scared the crap out of the soviet union. He pretty much knew everything we discussed in class today---Dan Gleaf

My parents didnt really say much about the cold war so....yea um they thought the war was in europe an it was between all these countries that werent envolved so our class actually no's what their doin compared to them so...yea they dont really remember anythin from skool!~NYE~

Personally, my parents did not remember a whole lot about the Cold War itself. But they did happen to come across a few statements that seem to tie into the whole thing about the war. They said that it included us as in the United States and they also said Britain. It started with disputes and lack of agreements. It happened after world war II and they couldn't give me a place as to where it took place at. Those were their answers and I definately agree with most of what they came up with. The Cold War was about a huge lack of agreement which triggered a verbal dispute and also we were a part of this time and it was after the second World War. I did agree with my parents' answers of who, when, where, and why about the Cold War. - Keys

My dad is pretty much a history freak. He knows almost everything and anything that happened in the past. He said that the Cold War was between Russia (USSR) and the United States. The reason why it all happened is because Russia was trying to turn everything and everyone communist, which the USA was totally against. He remembered it being between the years of 1945-1983. I disagree with that, but only by a couple of years. This all happened in many countries all over the world like Cuba, East Germany, Korea, Vietnam and Afghanistan, he said. I agree with most of the things he had to say. -CP

My parents didn't know much about the cold war, but my grandmother knew a little more than they did. She thinks the cold war started in the year 1945 and ended in 1989. She knows that it was between USSR and the United States. She doesn't think it was fought anywhere since it was mostly threats. My grandmother thinks it was over agreements between the two countries. I would have to agree with my parents on the cold war, because I know nothing of it. I heard about the cold war but I don't remember anything about it. B.Graham

My mother knew a decsent amount. When i asked her bout who was in the Cold war. Her response was that it was between Russia and the United States. I asked when and she said is was the late 50's and early 60's. What was the cold war? She said it was when communist Russia built a wall in Germany. Why did we have the cold war? Her reply was because communist didn't want thier people to have a democratic society. ~Rivera

List of people, events, and places from the Cold War
As a class, we will list people, places, and events of the Cold War.

Ch 24 and 25-End of Cold War Meeting in Jerusalem Camp David Accords signed – 1978 Khomeini led rebels in overthrowing the shah and establishing a religious stated based on the Quran Ronald Regan sworn in as president – 1981 Ford negotiated with China and soviet union. The Helsinki Accords (70’s) Nixon visits China Nixon visits Moscow Glasnost- Openness Perestroika- Reconstruction of Soviet Union INF Treaty (intermediate Range nuclear forces) Start Pact II Cut Nuclear arsenals by 2/3 Fall of the Berlin Wall (1987) Jimmy Carter Anwar el-Sadat (Egyptian President) Menachem Begin (Israeli Prime Minister) Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (Muslim religious leader) Gerald R. Ford Leonid Brezhnev (Soviet Union premier) Gorbachev Ronald Reagan Camp David presidential retreat in Maryland Helsinki- US, Soviet Union met up to compromise Southeast Asia- Fighting begun in Vietnam Russia Berlin, Germany United States
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Tyler, Chris, Tara, Jess Pd 1 American Studies Chapter 18, Pg 600

Events: JFK was elected President, US sent troops to Korea, 1957 Soviets launch Sputnik, 1949 China becomes communist under Mao Zedong, Truman becomes president 1945, Franklin Roosevelt dies in 1945, the Post Dam conference 1945, US establishes a policy of containment 1946, the Marshall Plan 1947, The Berlin Airlift, the NATO alliance 1949, China becomes a communist country, North Korea attacks South Korea 1950, settling for stalement 1951, the Maccarran Act 1950. People: Shang Kai Check, Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill, Harry Truman, McCarthy, Alger Hiss, Rosen Burgs, MacArther. Places: Korea, China, Cuba, Germany, 38th parrellel,

Events -The Bay of Pigs (April 17, 1961) -The Cuban Missile Crisis (October 22, 1962) -The Berlin Wall (1961-1989) -New Frontier (May 5, 1961) -Space Race -JFK Assassinated (November 22, 1963) -US cut ties with Cuba (January 1961) -1000 Cuban exiles supported by US military landed (April 1961) -Cuba’s weapons increased (Summer 1962) People -John F. Kennedy -Fidel Castro -Nikitn Khrushchev -Lyndon B. Johnson -Eisenhower <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Franklin Gothic Medium','sans-serif'">-Richard Nixon <span style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Franklin Gothic Medium','sans-serif'">Places <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Franklin Gothic Medium','sans-serif'">-Cuba <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Franklin Gothic Medium','sans-serif'">-Berlin <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Franklin Gothic Medium','sans-serif'">-Dallas <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Franklin Gothic Medium','sans-serif'">-Vietnam <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Franklin Gothic Medium','sans-serif'">-United States <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Franklin Gothic Medium','sans-serif'">-Soviet Union Chapter 22 pg. 728 Events: - Vietnam - 1930 Indochinese Communist party was created - 1940 Japanese took over Vietnam - 1940 Ho Chi Minh helped make Vietminh - 1945 French Troops moved back into Vietnam - 1950 US entered Vietnam struggle - 1945 Vietminh overran the French outpost at Dien Bien Phu - 1957 Vietcong - 1959 Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia became Ho Chi Minh Trial - 1968 Tet Offensive - 1975 Fall of Saigon - 1973 War Powers Act People: - JFK - Nixon - Ford - Lt. Colonel A Peter Dewey - Lyndon B. Johnson - Ho Chi Minh - Ngo Dinh Diem - General William Westmoreland - Dean Rusk - Robert McNamara - Edward G. Lansdale - Clark Clifford - George Wallace Places: - Vietnam - Cochochina - France - Great Britain - USSR - United States - China - Laos - Cambodia
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=Parent's view on the Vietnam War= Well i asked my mom these questions because my dad was only like 2 years old when the war happened, but my mom was six, she remembers her dad telling stories about how the country was failing in Vietnam, well basically Vietnam was failing in general, she says she remembers him reading the newspaper to her, an trying to explain to her what was happining, that was basically all she new!~NYE~

Tiffany Kyte-- I asked my mom about the questions. She was only about 4 when it started and was about 10 when it ended. She says she doesn't know much about it besides when it started and when it ended and that she was living in Elkton, Maryland. Also her dad was in the war, I would of interviewed him but he wont talk about the war at all.

Tara Strubel- i interviewed my busdriver's father in law. He was living in Hessdale in 1969. He thought that the war was something that needed to be done. he didn't think Nixon was much of a president because he didn't trust him as a person or as a president. Today, he's just glad that the war is over. his opinion didn't change because it's just what he believed in. TS Jessi Bell i asked my mom her view on the Vietnam War, and my mom being the "hippy" that she was, disagreed with the war entirely. She said that our troops should not have been over there. She beleives that is was a waste of time, and nothing really got solved.

My Mama was in Anchorage, Alaska in 1969. She as in High School at the time. She think that Vietnam sucked cause we didn't belong over there. Mama says it was just a continuation of the Korean War. Nixon was a crook in her eyes, due to water gate. Her view of Vietnam has not changed a bit. She still feels that the U.S. shouldn't have been there. Too many lives were lost and we didn't finish the job. "The U.S. had it's tail between it's legs and ran," says Mama. The only good thing that came out of the Vietnam War was that American citizens recieved jobs. ~Rivera

I asked my Nanny about the Vietnam war and she didn't like the war. She said we didn't reall have a good reason for being over there in the first place. During the time she though President Nixon was okay, but he was just like any other president.Today my Nanny still doesn't like the war because she says we still never should've been over there and another reason she doesn't like it is because a friend of hers that she works with had to go over there and told her about it and how much he hated the whole thing.-Graham

I asked my dad where he was in 1969 and he said he was still young and was living in Philadelphia, PA.. He said he heard everyne talking about it at home and during school but he wasnt very intrested about it at the time because he was still a kid and was worried about the little stuff still. He didnt have a problem with Nixon, he did what he had to do for the country as president. He feels today that the United States shouldnt have gotten caught up in the war, He knows alot more about the war today then he did all those years ago which definatly chnaged his outlook-- Sharkey

I asked my grandmother about her views of the vietnam war. During this time she was living in Darlington, MD and was only 19. Her husband and father were both called to go over to Vietnam during the war. She didn't really understand why the men were called there and why we, the U.S., were sent out. She also said it was extremely frightening because some of her closest people were sent away. My grandmother thought that President Nixon was just doing his job at the best of his ability, he was just another president. Today my grandmother believes that the veterans should be honored for being there and her opinion hasn't changed because she still says we were sent there, did what we had to do, and came back. It was just another war and there's always pros and cons for all wars. She also said she is very glad to have the wall with all of the ones honored and recognized whom risked their lives for our country. - Keys

I asked my dad about the Vietnam War, but he was only eight years old in 1969. He was living in New Providence, PA at the time, with his mother, father, and sister. He said it was on the television everyday and he didn't really understand what was going on. My dad was very young so learning the concept of war was a tough thing to do. My dad said that he liked Richard Nixon. He didn't really know why, except for his opinion of him being a good president. Today, my dad thinks that the United States should have gotten out earlier than we did. His opinion has definitely changed over the years because of being so young and he said that "he only cared about baseball and doing things that an eight-year old would do." -CP

I asked my parents and they said this. My mom lived in Quarryville and my dad lived in Kirkwood. My parents said we shouldn't have been in the Vietnam war, because we got nothing out of it and we lost lives in the end result. Nixon wasn't a good president, because he kept secrets from us and kept us in Vietnam longer. Their opinion hasn't changed on these subjects. Ricky Jackson