The places in the national park system have been set aside for what purposes and for how long?

Since 1872 the United States National Park System has been a natural, historical, recreational, and cultural areas throughout the United States, its territories, and island possessions.

The country's national parks contain volcanoes, glaciers and grass rivers, as well as mountains, valleys and bodies of water. Each park went through a period of discovery, exploration and understanding that must be preserved for future generations. Today the process continues as more land is reserved to be managed by the National Park Service in an effort to preserve the nation's rich natural and cultural history.

relations between the soviet union and the united states were driven by a complex interplay of ideological, political, and economic factors, which led to shifts between cautious cooperation and often bitter superpower rivalry over the years. the distinct differences in the political systems of the two countries often prevented them from reaching a mutual understanding on key policy issues and even, as in the case of the cuban missile crisis, brought them to the brink of war.

the united states government was initially hostile to the soviet leaders for taking russia out of world war i and was opposed to a state ideologically based on communism. although the united states embarked on a famine relief program in the soviet union in the early 1920s and american businessmen established commercial ties there during the period of the new economic policy (1921–29), the two countries did not establish diplomatic relations until 1933. by that time, the totalitarian nature of joseph stalin's regime presented an insurmountable obstacle to friendly relations with the west. although world war ii brought the two countries into alliance, based on the common aim of defeating nazi germany, the soviet union's aggressive, antidemocratic policy toward eastern europe had created tensions even before the war ended.