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A Cold War This conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union is known as the Cold War because neither country ever directly attacked each other. This was because each country had nuclear weapons. Both the United States and the Soviet Union feared neither country would survive a war with nuclear weapons.

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.

What was the Cold War? The Cold War was a period of tension and rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union following World War 2. It began when the Allied Powers could not agree on what to do with Eastern Europe following WW2. Soviet Union wanted a buffer zone for protection from future invasions.

After World War II the United States and the Soviet Union were the superpowers of the world. They became rivals as they each sought to prevent the other from gaining too much power. The period of tension that existed between them came to be known as the Cold War.

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.

The Cold War affected domestic policy two ways: socially and economically. Socially, the intensive indoctrination of the American people led to a regression of social reforms. Economically, enormous growth spurred by industries related to war was aided by heavy government expansion.

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.

What was the Cold War? The Cold War was a period of tension and rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union following World War 2. It began when the Allied Powers could not agree on what to do with Eastern Europe following WW2. Soviet Union wanted a buffer zone for protection from future invasions.