Policies of Containment Containment was a U.S. policy that used numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism abroad. A component of the Cold War, this policy was a response to a series of moves by the Soviet Union to enlarge communist influence in Eastern Europe, China, Korea, and Vietnam.

The correct answers are independence for the Soviet republics and the end of global imperialism.

During 1989 and 1990, the Berlin Wall came down, borders opened, and free elections ousted Communist regimes everywhere in eastern Europe. In late 1991 the Soviet Union itself dissolved into its component republics. With stunning speed, the Iron Curtain was lifted and the Cold War came to an end.

Development of the arms race In 1953, both the USA and the USSR were testing hydrogen bombs and it appeared to the Americans that the Soviets had caught up technologically. Tension was greatly increased as a result of the developing arms race which served to militarise both sides and bring war closer.

In conclusion many things caused tension between the US and the Soviet Union. The extreme mistrust of one another. The threat of Nuclear warfare. The soviets trying to spread communism.

Three-world model

• First World: Western Bloc led by the USA, Japan, United Kingdom and their allies.
• Second World: Eastern Bloc led by the USSR, China, and their allies.
• Third World: Non-Aligned and neutral countries.

Due to the superpower rivalry played out in the third world, millions of people died as a result of the Cold War because of civil war and other conflicts that affected many parts of Africa, Latin America, and Asia.

The Third World, meanwhile, encompassed all the other countries that were not actively aligned with either side in the Cold War. These were often impoverished former European colonies, and included nearly all the nations of Africa, the Middle East, Latin America and Asia.

The problems that the third world nations faced was that they faced political unrest that threatened the peace, poverty and a lack of education and technology. Where did Communists gain power in Latin America ?

The constant competition between the US and the USSR often made other nations into opportunities for one side to gain an advantage over the other. The Cold War also spread the worldwide fear of nuclear war, which heavily influenced international diplomacy and affairs. …

The long-term effects of the Cold War on American government were immense. First and foremost, it led to the permanent creation of a peacetime defense and armaments industry, as President Eisenhower noted in his farewell address. It forced the United States to adopt a much more international outlook on world affairs.

Three lasting effects of the Cold War are the continued existence of nuclear weapons, the Syrian civil war, and the development of space-age technology.

The Cold War shaped American foreign policy and political ideology, impacted the domestic economy and the presidency, and affected the personal lives of Americans creating a climate of expected conformity and normalcy. By the end of the 1950’s, dissent slowly increased reaching a climax by the late 1960’s.

Although the two countries, America and USSR never directly confronted each other, it remained to have a major impact on the world. The Cold War made the world less secure, safe, and stable because it increased military confidence, created resentment, and made peoples’ lives more difficult.

The Cold War originated from ideological differences. While communist nations and industrialized capitalist nations competed in both technological and political superiority, both nationalistic tones appeared, creating differences leading to the brink of a war without combat.