COLD WAR ERA
IMPACT OF COLD WAR
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The Cold War was won by the Soviet Union.
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During the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union fought indirectly in countries such as Cuba, Korea, and Vietnam.
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United States dropped many nuclear weapons during the Cold War.
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Most the countries in the world adopted communism during the Cold War.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Which best describes the Cold War? A tense, forty-year standoff between the Soviet Union and the United States.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -The Cold War got its name because both sides were afraid of fighting each other directly. In a “hot war, ” nuclear weapons might destroy everything. So, instead, both sides fought each other indirectly. They supported opposing sides in conflicts in different parts of the world.
Detailed explanation-4: -In June 1950, the first military action of the Cold War began when the Soviet-backed North Korean People’s Army invaded its pro-Western neighbor to the south. Many American officials feared this was the first step in a communist campaign to take over the world and deemed that nonintervention was not an option.