THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE COLD WAR
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There was a lot of tension between the United States and the Soviet Union.
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Both the United States and the Soviet Union build many nuclear weapons.
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The United States and the Soviet Union attacked each other using nuclear weapons.
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The United States and the Soviet Union were both world superpowers.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Cold War, the open yet restricted rivalry that developed after World War II between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies. The Cold War was waged on political, economic, and propaganda fronts and had only limited recourse to weapons.
Detailed explanation-2: -The U.S. policy of containment meant that the U.S. intended to push back attempts by any communist countries to take over any non-communist countries. The timeline on the right shows three of the major conflicts of the Cold War era. These conflicts took place in Korea, Cuba, and Vietnam.
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.