COLD WAR ERA
IMPACT OF COLD WAR
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Formation of NATO and Warsaw Pact
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Uneasy alliance between US and USSR during WWII
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Stalin’s death and collapse of Communism
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Soviet Union’s invasion of North Korea
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Detailed explanation-1: -As World War II transformed both the United States and the USSR, turning the nations into formidable world powers, competition between the two increased. Following the defeat of the Axis powers, an ideological and political rivalry between the United States and the USSR gave way to the start of the Cold War.
Detailed explanation-2: -Historians have identified several causes that led to the outbreak of the Cold War, including: tensions between the two nations at the end of World War II, the ideological conflict between both the United States and the Soviet Union, the emergence of nuclear weapons, and the fear of communism in the United States.
Detailed explanation-3: -Postwar Soviet expansionism in Eastern Europe fueled many Americans’ fears of a Russian plan to control the world. Meanwhile, the USSR came to resent what they perceived as American officials’ bellicose rhetoric, arms buildup and interventionist approach to international relations.
Detailed explanation-4: -Arguably, the central reason for the Cold War was the conflict between capitalism an economic system that relies on individualism, property rights, and competition 1 and communism.
Detailed explanation-5: -Which of the following increased tension between America and the Soviet Union after World War II? The Soviets refused to allow elections in Eastern European nations.