The significance for communism is that it has caused many wars between the U.S. and other communist countries. The United States doesn't believe in communism, so we are trying to help the people in other countries.
Iron Curtain was where Europe was divided during the Cold War.
The Cuban Missile Crisis put America in a state of panic. The United States was on the brink of nuclear war.
The Vietnam War was significant because America helped fight against communism in Vietnam. We fought against North Vietnam.
The Taliban gave sanctuary to Osama Bin Laden.
Septmeber 11, 2001. This day shook the nation. It helped create thousands of jobs, especially in the TSA (Transportation Security Administration).
The war in Afghanistan was fought because of 9/11/01. We fought the al-Qaeda.
We fought in Iraq because of oil. The whole Kuwait thing happened in Iraq.
<span>The War on Terror, also known as the Global War on Terrorism, is a metaphor of war referring to the international military campaign that started after the September 11th attacks on the United States.</span>
At the time the U.S. goals were westward expansion so do to the fact that they were expanding the people who were moving out west were taking over Native lands which caused a war to break out. Not to mention the fact that the english settlers who came to the "New World" brought deadly diseases to the Natives.
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One way in which the legacy of imperialism affected the economic development of new states in the second half of the twentieth century in the countries of Africa.
After European nations allow independence to most of the African nations, these African countries have been immersed in poverty, hunger, social problems, and diseases. This can be an example of the legacy they left after years of imperialism in Africa.
Let's remember that at the end of the 1800s and the beginning of the 1900s, European superpowers agreed to split the African territory in what was known as the "Scramble for Africa." European nations such as France, Portugal, Great Britain. Germany or Belgium, split the African territories to colonize them and exploit the many raw materials and natural resources.
When the Europeans left those territories, the African people did not what to do after so many years of dependence.
Right now, all their struggles are consequences of that European imperialism.
