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    The document summarizes several historical periods and events in the United States and Soviet Union including the Second Red Scare, Salem Witch Trials, Gilded Age, Roaring 20s, key differences between the political and economic systems of the U.S. and USSR, and the Arms Race and Space Race between the two superpowers during the Cold War. It provides brief overviews of the time period, key events, factors like fears and suspicions that contributed to events, and technological and ideological competitions between the U.S. and USSR.

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    TheSecondRedScare:

    Fearofcommunism
    PostWWII
    19471957
    JosephMcCarthy,McCarthyism
    Arrestedanddeportedpeoplebutactuallyfound
    somecommunists

    TheSalemWitchTrials:
    1962
    SalemVillage,Massachusetts
    Peoplewerefalselyaccusedofwitchcraft
    Bornoutoftheresidentsfearofoutsidersand
    suspicionoftheirneighbors
    Masshysteria

    TheGildedAge:
    Smallgovernment
    Trustsandmonopolies
    Corruption
    Womendidnthaveasmanyrightsandasmuch
    freedom

    TheRoaring20s:
    Limitedgovernmentinteraction
    Bigbusinessesexpanded
    CorruptionduringHardingsadministrationbut
    littletononeduringCoolidges
    Womenhadmorefreedom,eg:flappergirls

    TheU.S.:
    Democracy
    Consistedof50states
    Individualrights
    Freeelections
    Capitalism:wealthiskeptbythosewhogainedit

    TheUSSR:
    Communism
    Consistedof15SovietSocialistRepublics
    Authoritarianandhighlycentralizedpolitical
    system
    Socialism:wealthisshared

    ArmsRace:
    U.S.vs.theSovietUnion
    Competitionforsupremacyinnuclearwarfare
    Ledtothedevelopmentofnuclearweapons
    Longrangeweapondeliverysystem

    SpaceRace:
    Competitiontoseewhocouldgotospacefirst
    Sputnik(Russia)
    ExplorerI(U.S.)
    NASA
    Relatedtothearmsrace:rocketscouldbeused
    fornuclearmissiles

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