THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
JOHN F KENNEDY AND THE COLD WAR
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continuation of the pre-World War II balance of power
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Soviet domination of Eastern Europe
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competition between the superpowers to explore outer space
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United States refusal to send economic aid to European nations
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Detailed explanation-1: -Developed mainly as a result of expanding communism and Soviet domination of Eastern Europe. The United States broke from its pre-WWII isolation policy by becoming involved in world affairs in order to stop the spread of communism.
Detailed explanation-2: -As World War II transformed both the United States and the USSR, turning the nations into formidable world powers, competition between the two increased. Following the defeat of the Axis powers, an ideological and political rivalry between the United States and the USSR gave way to the start of the Cold War.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Soviet Union Occupies Eastern Europe The Soviet Union was determined to establish governments in Eastern Europe who were friendly to the Soviet Union. While the war was still taking place, Soviet occupation troops assisted local communists in putting Communist dictatorships in Romania and Bulgaria in power.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Soviet Union dominated Central and Eastern Europe during the Cold War. After World War II, it formed the Warsaw Pact, a military alliance of European communist states meant to counter NATO.
Detailed explanation-5: -The alliance between countries of the Western bloc was a political show of force against the USSR and its allies. In response to NATO, the Soviet Union in 1955 consolidated power among Eastern bloc countries under a rival alliance called the Warsaw Pact, setting off the Cold War.