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Seeing as power was more important during the war as well as land, We have more advanced technology and sea craft than then. And leaders are less heated with eachother.
The opium wars occurred because China attempted to control or eliminate imports of opium by British traders.British East India Company paid Chinese their goods with opium from British India. Chinese users began to smoke the opium, usage and addiction increased and Chinese government wanted to stop opium trade with British.
First Opium War <span>escalated in 1839 and last until 1842.</span>
Answer: The United States under President Truman pursued a reactionary policy of containing communism simply called containment. This was the idea that the United States could use a series of foreign policy tools to prevent communism from emerging in places it hadn't been before, especially in the decolonizing world. Truman reasoned that poor, hungry, and desperate people were more likely to accept a totalitarian government that promised to meet their needs. Comfortable, well-fed, happy people would be less likely to comply. This came to be called the Truman Doctrine.
Space Race: Sputnik, gagarin, apollo program
Arms race: With the possibility that a cold war could turn into a hot war at any time, both sides built up huge stockpiles of conventional and unconventional weapons. Each side hoped to become so mighty militarily that the other side would never dare strike. The effect, however, was that the weapons each side developed became more and more destructive.
