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Explanation:
<u>It began in 1946 after WW2 as a means of containment between
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<u>Russia and the Western allies.</u> At the end of the war the allies
controlled parts of Berlin and so did the Russians. It was agreed
that Berlin would be divided into 4 parts. Three of the four were
western powers and the 4th was Russian. This divided Germany into 2
parts east Germany (Russian) and western Germany (western nations). Eventually, the Berlin Wall was built and the two sides
faced off at the border until 1989 when it fell. <u>The Cold War was
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<u>not a shooting war, but a war of threats and words.</u>
Answer:
Slavery was abolished in the whole territory of the United States after the war and northern politicians promoted bill and amendments to try to achieve equality for the African Americans. The South´s economy was ruined, ravaged by the war and the Reconstructuion Era came to rebuild economicalyl the South. Politically, southern states were reincorporated into the Union and they had to swear loyalty to the Constitution.
Explanation:
Sweatt vs Painter was a US Supreme Court case that successfully challenged the "separate but equal" doctrine of racial segregation established by the 1896 case Plessy vs Ferguson. The case involved a black man, Herman Marion Sweatt, who was refused admission to the School of Law of the University of Texas.