WORLD WAR II
DECOLONIZATION PHASE
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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United States refusal to send economic aid to European nations
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Soviet domination of Eastern Europe
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competition between the superpowers to explore outer space
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continuation of the pre-WWII balance of power
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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: -The Soviet Union Occupies Eastern Europe The Soviet Union was determined to establish governments in Eastern Europe who were friendly to the Soviet Union. While the war was still taking place, Soviet occupation troops assisted local communists in putting Communist dictatorships in Romania and Bulgaria in power.
Detailed explanation-3: -After World War II, the United States and its allies, and the Soviet Union and its satellite states began a decades-long struggle for supremacy known as the Cold War. Soldiers of the Soviet Union and the United States did not do battle directly during the Cold War.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Soviet Union dominated Central and Eastern Europe during the Cold War. After World War II, it formed the Warsaw Pact, a military alliance of European communist states meant to counter NATO.