After WWII The Soviet Union and the United States had many different political ideologies particularly communism and capitalism. Capitalism is a belief that private property should be replaced by community ownership. Communism is opposed private ownership economies of the United States and its allies. Based on Document A‚ a document was first telegraphed to American officials in Washington on February 22‚ 1946 and it happened after WWII. In Document A the United States made the idea of containment
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When World War II ends the United States and the Soviet Union became enemies‚ better knows as the Cold War. It consisted on the constant tension between both countries in starting a war. Both sides had power in nuclear weapons which made people be afraid of the start of a nuclear war. Also both countries disagree in many things. The Soviet Union had a Dictator‚ one political party (Communist) and an economic system (socialism) in which the government run all the industries. USA had an elected president
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The United State and The Soviet Union‚ one represents capitalism‚ the other one represents socialism both benefited from the result of World War II and became two of the most powerful country in the world. Because of the relationship between capitalism and socialism was a teeter-totter‚ one rises‚ the other one must falls‚ The United State was already has more wealth‚ power and influence than the Soviet Union‚ and in order to maintain its status quo‚ the United States must fought the Cold war to
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Americans and the Soviet Union were not on good terms. When President Truman came into office‚ he wanted to improve America’s relationship with the Soviet Union‚ but it didn’t look hopeful because there were bound to be conflicts between the world’s’ two most powerful nations. In 1922‚ when the formation of the USSR began‚ the United States refused to recognize them until 1933. This angered the Soviets and this was just the start of the United States’ ongoing conflicts with the Soviet Union. The competition
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After World War II the United States and the Soviet Union were reluctant allies against Germany. They had very different political policies and philosophies‚ and the difference in foreign policies led to the inception of the Cold War. The Soviet Union was ruthlessly expansionary. This is evidenced by their failure to comply with the agreements made during the Yalta Conference. Stalin agreed that the Soviet Union would allow Poland‚ Bulgaria‚ and Romania to have free‚ democratic elections
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The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Russian: Сою́з Сове́тских Социалисти́ческих Респу́блик‚ tr. Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik) abbreviated to USSR (Russian: СССР‚ tr. SSSR) or the Soviet Union (Russian: Советский Союз‚ tr. Sovetsky Soyuz)‚ was a constitutionally socialist state that existed between 1922 and 1991‚ ruled as a single-party state by the Communist Party with its capital as Moscow.[3] A union of 15 subnational Soviet republics‚ its government and economy were highly
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The Soviet Union formally collapsed on December 26th‚ 1991. The dissolution of the world’s first and largest Communist state also marked the end of the Cold War. Mikhail Gorbachev (in office from May 25th‚ 1989- December 25th‚ 1991) was the leader of the Soviet Union mainly credited in driving the Soviet Union into near disaster. This collapse has been debated by many historians‚ whether it was inevitable or it was pressured into collapse. I focused my research on the causes of the collapse
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conflict between the Soviet Union and the United States emerged from their clashing political and economic systems. The United States was team capitalism and the Soviet Union was team communism. Tensions rose between the two superpowers during the dual occupation of Germany after WWII. The Cold War was a competition for global influence and the promotion of their respective beliefs. In President Harry Truman’s speech‚ known as the “Truman Doctrine‚” Truman stated‚ “The Soviet Union and its agents have
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Cold War is indirect conflict between the two super powers that is the United States and the Soviet Union. When World War II ended in 1945‚ Soviet troops occupied countries like Czechoslovakia‚ Poland‚ Romania‚ and others. America‚ British‚ and French occupied the western half‚ while the Soviet occupied the eastern half of Germany. The Soviet Union wanted Europe to be rebuilt along Marxist lines and being a communist country‚ while the U.S. wanted Europe to be rebuilt along Democratic Capitalist
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elongated tension between the Soviet Union and the United States of America. It was a clash of these supergiants in political‚ ideological‚ military‚ and economic values and ideas. The blame for the Cold War cannot be placed on one person -- it developed as a series of chain reactions as a struggle for supremacy. The conflict in ideologies between capitalism and communism resulted in one of the greatest conflicts of the twentieth century. Both the United States and the Soviet Union share equal responsibility
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