WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Americans supported capitalist economics, while the Soviets supported communist economics. The United States and the Soviet Union avoided direct military conflict for fear that the war would go nuclear. As a result, the adversaries fought through a series of proxy conflicts.

Detailed explanation-2: -In the Cold War, the United States would maintain its stance that the only way to halt the expansion of communism was through development of increasingly advanced weapons systems.

Detailed explanation-3: -As the Soviets tightened their grip on Eastern Europe, the United States embarked on a policy of containment to prevent the spread of Soviet and communist influence in Western European nations such as France, Italy, and Greece.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Cold War began after World War II ended in 1945. The Soviet Union was a communist country. Communism is an economic system where most property belongs to the government. The United States had a capitalist economy, where property usually belongs to individuals.

Detailed explanation-5: -Containment was a foreign policy strategy followed by the United States during the Cold War. First laid out by George F. Kennan in 1947, the policy stated that communism needed to be contained and isolated, or else it would spread to neighboring countries.