Why could they not confront each other? Why instead did they each wage “proxy wars” around the world?

New Deal legislation in the 1930s was not intended to make America socialist, nor was it intended to to end the Great Depression. What was it designed to do and how? Give examples.

 

World War II is rightfully characterized as a racist war because of the Nazis and the Holocaust. But German anti-Semitism was not the only form of racism during the War. How was racism a part of America’s involvement in the War? Give examples.

 

The Cold War gets its name from the fact that neither the Soviet Union nor the United States could confront each other in a “hot” conflict (i.e., in battle). Why could they not confront each other? Why instead did they each wage “proxy wars” around the world? Provide three examples of these proxy wars.

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