The Cold War became a dominant influence on many aspects of American society for much of the second half of the 20th<span> century. It escalated due to antagonist values between the United States, representing capitalism and democracy, and the Soviet Union, representing communism and authoritarianism. Being the two dominant world powers after WWII, contention between the Americans and Soviets became a global conflict. The Cold War differed from most wars in that it was as much of a propaganda war as a war with military engagements. The Korean and Vietnam Wars are important examples of military intervention by the Americans in the name of stopping communist expansionism. However, these wars did not have the decades-long impact on American domestic and foreign policy that the cultural, political, and economic battles of the Cold War had.</span>
The pope gave him 60 days to recant his words and another 60 days to inform the papacy about his compliance. If he didn't then he would be, and was, excommunicated.
Sharecropping offered formerly enslaved people an equal opportunity to participate in the Southern economy . Sharecropping gave white landowners the upper hand and economic dominance in Southern society .
"To accommodate for lack of dependable rainfall" would be the best option as to why the ancient Chinese organized large groups of people to build and maintain irrigation systems, since when rainfall would not come for long periods of time, the crops would likely die without proper irrigation.
