<p>lol i might have gotten an 800 on this.. (although i missed the 19th amendment Q =/)</p>
<p>How do you kids get 5's on the AP US test but not get 800s on these? Doesn't make sense.</p>
<p>yeah, can it really have been tech, US was FAR more advanced in technology than USSR (but i guess so was the army)</p>
<p>Shall I ask my history teacher? He has a PhD in american history or something like that... and knows everything about the cold war (CIA Agent In Berlin During the Cold War- He would know for sure =p).?</p>
<h2>if i get lucky i can pull an 800 thanks Char. And yes my history teacher i remember 2 years ago said that the Russian army was a threat directly afterwards. You probably didnt tell your hisory teacher that "directly" after WWII ended then blah blah...but it seems logical since the Russians used the army to defeat the Germans and the war ended in 1945. IN the meantime, Russians blew of first a-bomb few years later. </h2>
<p>delirious, </p>
<h2>I specifically asked him: "What did the US perceive as a threat from the Soviets immediately following WW2?" both through e-mail and in person. I asked him today, while you are stating a claim your teacher made 2 years ago? Ask him again, tomorrow, he'll tell you technology. During Stalingrad, the Axis powers lost large numbers of men and equipment, and never fully recovered from the defeat. Their army was no longer a threat.</h2>
<h2>Why would America be afraid of Russian technology when they hadn't proved themselves directly after the war through it. O woppee..they hvae an a-bomb...we built a few during WWII so forget it Russia, we dont care.</h2>
<p>Did you read the question? Why would the US not be afraid of Soviet technology. Even if the Soviets weren't technologically more advanced than the US, the US started to become suspicious. You'll find evidence of this in any historical textbook.</p>
<p>Etti I ****ing love you- this means I got an 800.(If you're right). </p>
<p>xoxoxoxo I love your ass xoxoxoxo</p>
<p>I trust my US teacher.</p>
<p>I'm still positive its army.</p>
<p>I'm asking my teacher today.</p>
<p>IMMEDIATELY after WWII we did not think the tech of the Soviet Union was a threat, because they had none. Sure, we didn't want them to get any, but they didn't have it yet and therefore were not considered a threat. The Soviet army, however, had taken hold of eastern europe, and therefore were a threat.</p>
<p>Is that what you personally think or is that from a teacher?</p>
<p>yeah, when did soviets explode their first a-bomb...it wasn't immediately after the war</p>
<p>Technology does not mean A Bomb specifically.</p>
<p>I didn't even have to say the choices for my teacher. He immediately said the size of their military in Eastern europe.</p>
<p>USSR detonated their first bomb in 1949</p>
<p>I'd bet all my money that the answer is army. Same goes for the one where I put Jackson and the Hamilton question.</p>
<p>Etti I am right...Found this off wikipedia.</p>
<p>To mark the final step in the transformation from a revolutionary militia to a regular army of a sovereign state, the Red Army gained the official name of the "Soviet Army" in 1946. The numbers of the Soviet Army dropped from around 13 million to approximately 5 million. The size of the Army throughout the Cold War remained between 3 million and 5 million, according to Western estimates. Soviet law required all able-bodied males of age to serve a minimum of 2 years. As a result, the Soviet Army remained the largest active army in the world from 1945 to 1991.</p>
<p>Of course their military was a threat, it started out at 13 million ...my goodness...and dropped to 3 million and 5 million, which is still a huge amount. Remember they remained the largest active army...so that basically proves that America should be fearing Russia for it army instead of technology for now. I understand that their were covert operations of chemical and nucleur weapons, but America had not found out of these until later. Therefore technology wasnt a problem. </p>
<p>Etti:"Even if the Soviets weren't technologically more advanced than the US, the US started to become suspicious"</p>
<p>Yeah we were suspcious of them from the beginning, but that wasn't a threat. Their army was a greater threat than their technology because America was only "suspicious" and not bent on defending themselves until past 1949. </p>
<p>My statements should clear the problem. Answer: Army</p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Army%5B/url%5D">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Army</a></p>
<p>guys why can't we put this behind us. The test is over, there is nothing we can do about it anymore. Just wait two more weeks for your answer.</p>
<p>Of course theirs nothing we can do about it. But by clarifying the answer to a problem, some people will feel more comfortable about their scores.</p>
<p>Thanks alot Delirious- Hopefully this will settle the question. </p>
<p>Hamilton and Madison/Jackson are tougher to prove though...</p>
<p>Appreciate the evidence..but I really do not think the US would fear their army. After a world war, the army would not attack the US because it was devastated and almost destroyed. It was not a threat anymore, you have to understand this part...the largest army does not equal the largest threat, they were morally and physically demoralized. Please ask your US history teacher for God's sake so I can be proved wrong by facts.</p>