How did the Cold War tensions affect the world ? The Cold War tensions affected the United States and the world by fearing Communism and fearing it spread around the world. The fear of Communism spreading caused many problems in the US and around the world. Some of the problems that were caused by the fear of Communism spreading were, nuclear weapons, and the loss of many money and a lot of people. Some even bigger problems were the causing of other wars, and using other countries as battlegrounds.
During the Cold War, the US and Soviet Union had tensions going on between them. The Soviet Union was trying to take over most of Europe, but the US didn’t want that to happen because it would cause some of the European countries to have a communist government. The US didn’t want communism to spread because they didn’t like the way that type of leadership worked (Cold War History). What the US did was create nuclear weapons, such as the nuclear weapons used in WWII to end the war. When the US created nuclear weapons, it was known as “containment.” In return, what the Soviet Union did was create a hydrogen …show more content…
An example of another war was the Korean War. The Korean War occurred during the Cold War. Before the Korean War, Korea was split into two countries, North Korea and South Korea. North Korea was supplied by the Soviet Union, and the United Nations as well as the US joined South Korea to stop North Korea from invading South Korea and making it communist (Alan R. Millett). After the US joined South Korea, China then decided to aid North Korea. After all the fighting ended the Korean War had an end to it in 1953. Korea remained split as North and South Korea, and they are still two separate countries two (Alan R. Millett) .So all if this showed how the Cold War tensions caused other wars, and it pretty much split a country into
During the Cold War, the US and Soviet Union had tensions going on between them. The Soviet Union was trying to take over most of Europe, but the US didn’t want that to happen because it would cause some of the European countries to have a communist government. The US didn’t want communism to spread because they didn’t like the way that type of leadership worked (Cold War History). What the US did was create nuclear weapons, such as the nuclear weapons used in WWII to end the war. When the US created nuclear weapons, it was known as “containment.” In return, what the Soviet Union did was create a hydrogen …show more content…
An example of another war was the Korean War. The Korean War occurred during the Cold War. Before the Korean War, Korea was split into two countries, North Korea and South Korea. North Korea was supplied by the Soviet Union, and the United Nations as well as the US joined South Korea to stop North Korea from invading South Korea and making it communist (Alan R. Millett). After the US joined South Korea, China then decided to aid North Korea. After all the fighting ended the Korean War had an end to it in 1953. Korea remained split as North and South Korea, and they are still two separate countries two (Alan R. Millett) .So all if this showed how the Cold War tensions caused other wars, and it pretty much split a country into