THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE COLD WAR
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The atmosphere of the Cold War led to some of the most important technological and scientific discoveries to date.
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While tension was high between many nations during the Cold War, leaders were able to keep life relatively normal for citizens in their countries.
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The Cold War was a time of conflict and fear between nations that affected America’s relationship with many other countries.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -It was called the Cold War because neither the Soviet Union nor the United States officially declared war on each other. However, both sides clearly struggled to prevent the other from spreading its economic and political systems around the globe.
Detailed explanation-2: -The central ideological conflict of the Cold War was over communism and capitalism.
Detailed explanation-3: -Three key features defined the Cold War: 1) the threat of nuclear war, 2) competition over the allegiance (loyalty) of newly independent nations, and 3) the military and economic support of each other’s enemies around the world.
Detailed explanation-4: -A cold war is a state of conflict between nations that does not involve direct military action but is pursued primarily through economic and political actions, propaganda, acts of espionage or proxy wars waged by surrogates. This term is most commonly used to refer to the American-Soviet Cold War of 1947–1991.