THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
MCCARTHYISM AND THE RED SCARE
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It was primarily in the North, where it is cold.
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The new technology was cool.
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The two sides did not directly fight each other.
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Both sides were nuclear powers.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Cold War got its name because both sides were afraid of fighting each other directly. In a “hot war, ” nuclear weapons might destroy everything. So, instead, both sides fought each other indirectly. They supported opposing sides in conflicts in different parts of the world.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Cold War was a period of heightened tensions between the US and the Soviet Union. Lasting from 1945-1991, the two nations never directly fought, but instead engaged in proxy wars to advance their own ideologies–the US aiming to repel communism, and the USSR seeking to spread it.
Detailed explanation-3: -Soldiers of the Soviet Union and the United States did not do battle directly during the Cold War. But the two superpowers continually antagonized each other through political maneuvering, military coalitions, espionage, propaganda, arms buildups, economic aid, and proxy wars between other nations.
Detailed explanation-4: -The global standoff for dominance between the United States and the Soviet Union created in the aftermath of World War II affected all aspects of life in the postwar world.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Cold War stayed cold for a variety of reasons. Most importantly, the advent of nuclear weapons meant that any conflict between the superpowers risked a nuclear exchange that could have claimed tens of millions of lives and left a swath of destruction in both the Soviet and American homelands.