THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
MCCARTHYISM AND THE RED SCARE
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The US and Soviet Union began to race and see who could conquer more countries.
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The US and Soviet Union began building and storing powerful weapons.
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The US wanted to have peace with the Soviet Union
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The Soviet Union wanted to become allies with the United States
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Detailed explanation-1: -The nuclear arms race was an arms race competition for supremacy in nuclear warfare between the United States, the Soviet Union, and their respective allies during the Cold War.
Detailed explanation-2: -arms race, a pattern of competitive acquisition of military capability between two or more countries. The term is often used quite loosely to refer to any military buildup or spending increases by a group of countries. The competitive nature of this buildup often reflects an adversarial relationship.
Detailed explanation-3: -The US government’s decision to develop a hydrogen bomb, first tested in 1952, committed the United States to an ever-escalating arms race with the Soviet Union. The arms race led many Americans to fear that nuclear war could happen at any time, and the US government urged citizens to prepare to survive an atomic bomb.
Detailed explanation-4: -Why Did the Arms Race Begin? The arms race began in 1945, after the United States detonated their first successful atomic bomb as a result of the Manhattan project. After the U.S. unleashed the weapon in Japan, the Soviet Union began its own atomic program.