Why Is There Increased Tension Between The United States And The Soviet Union

The United States and the Soviet Union are two major world powers that believe in two different ways of running government. The Soviet Union is a communist country. A communist country is run on the belief that everyone should be equal, have the same money, the same houses, etc. No one should be better than anyone else. Restrictions on freedom of religion and freedom of speech. A way of “creating and sharing wealth.” The United States believes in the ways of running a country through capitalism: everyone works for what they have, people have the power to control their money, their land, and their finances, and they speak freely about what they believe. The motive is to work hard and make your own profit. The United States fears the Soviet Union
On February 4, 1945, the Soviet Union, the United States, and the United Kingdom all attended a conference in a resort town in Russia; it would be named the Yalta Conference. The goal of the Yalta conference was to shape a type of peace after the Second World War and to come up with a plan for post-war Germany. The three countries agreed to divide Germany into four post-war occupation zones (Britain, France, the USA, and the USSR). They also agreed upon eastern countries being able to hold free elections and decide their own independent governments. Stalin refused to return the land that had been stolen from Poland, but agreed to allow Poland to hold its own free elections. “Stalin claimed he was willing to agree to free and fair elections in Poland. However, it would soon become clear that Stalin had no intention of honoring this promise.” (Document 1). Stalin wants to take over all of Eastern Europe and does not follow what he says he is going to do. This will cause the tension to rise completely between the big three because they can’t seem to find a way to all completely agree upon an