USA HISTORY

POST WAR WORLD 1946 1959

COLD WAR IN ASIA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How did the Soviet Union try to spread communism in Africa during the Cold War? [7-5.3]
A
by trying to get the most votes in the United Nations
B
by helping governments write new constitutions
C
by offering nations economic or military help
D
by trading space or navigational technology
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Cold War started in Europe. From 1945 to 1953, the USSR expanded its influence by creating the Eastern Bloc across states like Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary. Stalin set up puppet communist governments that he could control. He repressed anyone who resisted.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1962 the Soviet Union began to secretly install missiles in Cuba to launch attacks on U.S. cities. The confrontation that followed, known as the Cuban missile crisis, brought the two superpowers to the brink of war before an agreement was reached to withdraw the missiles.

Detailed explanation-3: -Soviet foreign policy in Somalia and Ethiopia was based on the Horn of Africa’s strategic location for international trade and shipping as well as its military importance.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Soviet Union’s ideological commitment to achieving communism included the development of socialism in one country and peaceful coexistence with capitalist countries while engaging in anti-imperialism to defend the international proletariat, combat capitalism and promote the goals of communism.

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