THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
MCCARTHYISM AND THE RED SCARE
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The Soviet Union
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North Korea
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Germany
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Cold War was an ongoing political rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies that developed after World War II. This hostility between the two superpowers was first given its name by George Orwell in an article published in 1945.
Detailed explanation-2: -The 2 sides were enemies long before they were allies in WWII. Relations had been bad since 1917 as Russia had become communist and the West had interfered to try and stop it. Russia had also not been allowed to join the League of Nations in the 1920s and things had got worse in the 1930s.
Detailed explanation-3: -From its creation, the government in the Soviet Union was based on the one-party rule of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks).
Detailed explanation-4: -After World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union were the world’s strongest nations. They were called superpowers. They had different ideas about economics and government. They fought a war of ideas called the Cold War.