COLD WAR ERA
IMPACT OF COLD WAR
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the Cold War
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the arms race
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period of anti-trust
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Communism
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Detailed explanation-1: -The United States was not the only leading power on the world stage after the end of World War II; it had a new competitor for this power in the Soviet Union.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -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-4: -The United Socialist Soviet Republic, or U.S.S.R., was made up of 15 republics: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.