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After World War two the two allies soon split. The United States and the Soviet Union were immediately against each other. This was the beginning of the Cold War. The three main causes of the Cold War were spheres of influence, ideology, and military factors. With my information, I believe that the Soviet Union was the most responsible for the Cold War. Like I said the three main causes of the Cold War were the spheres of influence, ideology, and military factors. The spheres of influence is like a challenge, if the United States gains power the Soviet Union would react in fear, and vise versa. Ideology has to do with capitalism and socialism. The same thing is going on with the Soviet Union except they practice socialism. Military factors are when one side of the war makes an adjustment to their military, the other responds in kind. For example if the United States made a new bomb, the Soviet Union would do the same thing. In Document 5 it shows Stalin putting Russian flags on Sweden and Hungary. It’s funny because in Document 1 it says, “Stalin said that the Soviet Union was only protecting itself from future invasion.” when we know that they are trying to take over Europe. It’s obvious that the Soviet Union is the most responsible for …show more content…

In Document 5 it shows that Stalin is trying to take over other countries, which explains that the Soviet Union is the most responsible for the war, and the United States is not. Sure the United States had some faults. In Document 4 it shows a pirate that has missiles as boots that say “USA”, and he is holding a fishing pole that has the symbol of money on it, and he is taking over an island that says “EBPONA”. So Document 4 is trying to say that the United States is using money to buy bombs and steal land from Europe. One of the most popular things during this time was propaganda, which sort of explains Document

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