WORLD HISTORY

COLD WAR ERA

IMPACT OF COLD WAR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which statement best explains the Cold War?
A
A state of tension between the United States and Germany following World War II
B
A state of tension between the United States and the Soviet Union without actual fighting
C
Fighting between Cuba and the United States over missiles
D
Fighting between communist North Korea and free South Korea
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -This difference in ideology was a major source of the conflict between the two nations because throughout the Cold War, the Soviet Union sought to expand communism to other regions and the United States sought to stop it with its policy of containment.

Detailed explanation-2: -Which best describes the Cold War? A tense, forty-year standoff between the Soviet Union and the United States.

Detailed explanation-3: -The term cold war is used because there was no large-scale fighting directly between the two superpowers, but they each supported opposing sides in major regional conflicts known as proxy wars.

Detailed explanation-4: -What was the Cold War? 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.

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