Both sides had their own opinions on ideology, they both had different perspectives. The United States view was based on free market capitalism, individualism, and personal rights. The soviets practiced socialism, as their ideology. This caused both sides to fear each other because they assumed that both nations would try to take over. Military factors did a very big impact on the Cold War. It was only caused because they both feared spheres of influence and ideologies expanding. Spheres of influence, ideology, and military factors were the main preventions of the Cold War. The main causes of the Cold War in 1947, were conflicts between spheres of influence, ideology, and military …show more content…
There were plenty major events that occurred in the Cold War. One of the major events is the Containment. The geography of the Cold War involved containment which was really important and was a big influence to the Cold War. Containment is a United States policy to prevent the spread of communism, it was very complex to United States policy, Korean War, and Cuban Missile. The Soviet red army established communist they then created the “ Iron Curtain “ that separated East Germany, Poland, Hungary, Czecholslovakia, Yugoslavia, Ukraine, Belarus, Romania, Bulgaria, Lativa, Estonia, and Lithuania. Another important event is the Berlin Chrisis and Airlift. Stalin forced out Berlin by cutting all the highways and any access to the Western. This was a very big thing for the Soviets and U.S. Harry S. Truman could not afford Stalin’s threats anymore. He then ordered American airplanes to drop food and supplies to the West Berlin 's. Americans appreciated the Berlin Airlift as a big victory over the Soviets. Stalin then ended the Berlin Crisis in …show more content…
A) it states that “ Stalin and the Soviets believe that communism is better than capitalism.” Stated by George Kennan in the Long Telegram. Containment was used towards the Soviet Union but the Russians did not agree but, must be long term. The containment are expensive tendencies from the Russians. The Cold War tension between the U.S. and the Soviets exploded in Korea. In June 25, 1950 North Korea invaded South Korea for the first time. North was supported by the Soviet Union and South Korea was supported by Japan. This (Doc.C) demonstrates the American Policy of containment. This document shows American Policy because they are fighting for something they want.
In (Doc. D), January 1989 Cuba becomes communist under Fidel Castro. Shows that they were influenced by containment. In Cuba there was a blockade and declared that any missile launched from Cuba would warrant a retaliatory attack by the United States against the Soviets. Describe How the Cold War should be Commemorated in