DBQ: The Cold War

The Cold War started when issues began to fray between the allied powers. The issues stemmed from power and influence in Central and Eastern Europe. After the Second World War, their issues went from mistrust to open conflict. The Soviet Union and the United States quickly formed the centers of two imperial blocs. The Cold War divided Europe. Eastern Europe occupied by the soviets and Western Europe dominated by the military and economic presence integration. This resulted in the European Common Market in the West and a socialist bloc dominated by the Soviet Union in the East. The Cold War changed life in the West and had many effects on society both today, and in the past.

The Cold War was between two superpowers in the world, the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Once allies in WWII, now enemies. Disputes started to happen

The Cold War was not really a war. In fact it was called the “Cold” war because there was no fighting going on, just almost 45 years of hostilities between the United States and its allies, and the United Soviet Socialist Republic (U.S.S.R.) and the communist countries. It became a symbol of the differences between democracy and communism, and kept most of the world in fear. That was until the Berlin Wall came tumbling down in 1991.

The Cold War started in 1946 and divided the world into capitalist and communist blocs. At the time there was a significant fear of communism due to two primary factors. Firstly, the USSR tested their first atomic bomb in 1949 which made the Americans fear the Russians because they

The cold war was a tension between political and military forces.The war was after World War II.There were very many different events that went on and most of them involving communism and government problems.Communism is where everything is shared and owned by the government and this had problems because people living in the communist government didn’t want to share everything so the people began to rebel against communism which led to many different things which we call the cold war.

The Cold War was an economic, ideological, geopolitical war for supremacy between the United States and the Soviet Union. Both nations would emerge from World War II as superpowers. A superpower is a nation that can control others through the power that it exerts. The problem with having two superpowers is that when they do not cooperate you create an unstable world of competition through economics and ideology. The debate on when the Cold War began continues to this day; some say the war began as early as 1917 during the Bolshevik Revolution. I do believe this revolution is significant, but I do not believe that the revolution can be the start, but more the framework for the ideological struggle that would take place after World War 2. The Cold War did not simply “start” instead the conflict began with a series of events that would make the war inevitable. These events would be the beginning of half a century of ideological, economic, and geopolitical conflict. By analyzing the beginning of the Cold War, how the Cold War stayed cold, and how the war ended, we can effectively understand how the cold war and the fragmentations left by this war have impacted foreign policy and the world in contemporary society.

"The Cold War - was at its root a battle of ideas: American liberalism vs. Soviet Communism." The two ideologies clashed at their very nature, which led to deep mistrust and fear of the unknown about the unpredictability of the other. The two world powers simply could not exist without conflict. As a result, The United States of America took measures to prevent the worst: war. The steps the U.S.A took to quench the possibility of war separated the world even more, as they gave aid to some countries and not others, while also exclusively allying with certain countries. Two distinct sides were created, it was essentially the east versus the west, with two main superpowers colliding as the U.S.A and The Soviet Union. The Cold War began around 1947, but there is no set date as the war lacked direct fighting between the two main opposing forces. The war lasted for almost thirty-five years; the world endured thirty-five years of tension between two stubborn, disagreeing countries. The Cold War originated from the clashing ideologies between the USA and the Soviet Union, resulting in each side taking measure for what the other may do, thus splitting the world in two.

The cold war was a tension between political and military forces.The war was after World War II.There were very many different events that went on and most of them involving communism and government problems.Communism is where everything is shared and owned by the government and this had problems because people living in the communist government didn’t want to share everything so the people began to rebel against communism which led to many different things which we call the cold war.

The Cold War was a succession of savage battles fought between the USA and the USSR during the end of World War II. These two prevailing countries never faced each other directly, therefore it was a war fought by proxy. Both the USA and the USSR had conflict between their two ideologies and ways of life, the USA assumed capitalism and democracy was the optimal way of living, while the USSR concluded communism was the more suitable choice. Each country believed their system or ideology was superior to the other. During the Second World War, the two countries faced a common enemy, Hitler. Therefore, the two countries had to collaborate to defeat the enemy and had to set their differences aside, however, as soon as this war finished, the

The Cold War directly involved the United States and the Soviet Union. It originally began when the communist party took over in the Soviet Union during the Bolshevik Revolution. The reason this was, and is still, a problem is because the United States is a capitalist nation, causing tension between both nations. Intriguingly, the U.S. and Soviet

The Cold War was mainly a disagreement between two very different government systems. Basically it came down to capitalism versus communism. Each of these systems of government were held highly by each respective country. Both sides were fighting to spread their cause, taking every chance they could to expand anywhere in the world.

During the end of WWII the soviets had fought their way into the capital of Germany,Berlin. Now that the USSR had germany the end of WWII was in sight, but conflict again was almost unavoidable. Tensions between the two superpowers, USSR & USA, had boiled over and then begin the cold war. The cold war was the race to change europe to either communism or democracy, this also started the arms race where the two superpowers of the world (USA and USSR) would compete to create the most and the most deadly weapons.

The cause of the Cold War was many things. The USSR and the United States of America were the two leading and most powerful countries of the world but they had many differences. The Americans were capitalists whereas the Soviet Union were communist and they both feared each other. The Americans were afraid of a communist attack and refused to share nuclear secrets with the Soviet Union. On the other hand, the USSR feared the US attack and their atomic bombs. The USSR wanted to expand further out and wanted to secure the western border of Europe this made Americans worried about communism spreading worldwide.

The Cold War began in 1947 and ended in 1991 with the fall of the Berlin Wall in Germany. The "Iron Curtain" was slowly deteriorating. The Cold War had many effects in regards to individual experiences, politics and politic ideologies. In order to prevent communism from spreading the United States got involved in the war, but this war was like any other. In addition to actual battles the Cold War was a race between two countries in areas such as science, politics and the economy. The key rivals in the Cold War were the United States and its allies, in addition to the Soviet Union and its allies. The Cold War ended up affecting every country in the world positively and negatively.

The cold war was not an actual war, it was a political war between the United States and the Soviet Union. This “war” did not have any physical battles between the two super powers of the world at that time. The “battles” that were fought were technological battles and political battles. These battles were for the influence over a country, and to increase the countries influence of the world. The cold war started after World War II, it began as a result as the collapse of the German government. This led the victors of World War II to reform the German country. A disagreement about the type of government lead to the country of Germany being split into two different countries, one being led by the USSR and one being led by the US, Great Britain, and France. The two counties had two very different governing styles with each reflecting the style of government of the country that oversaw it. The USSR beginning to influence other eastern European countries to convert to communism, and as a result of