The Cold War was the closest we have ever gotten to nuclear war. It was mainly a conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union for dominance over the world. it lasted from 1945-1991. Russia was trying to spread communism, and the U.S. was trying to prevent the spread of communism.
8. What were the root causes of the cold war? It had to do with the Soviet Unions blockade of the Berlin airlift stopping the U.S. supplies to east Berlin.
8. What were the root causes of the cold war? It had to do with the Soviet Unions blockade of the Berlin airlift stopping the U.S. supplies to east Berlin.
The U.S. drop supplies for east Berliners (U.S. Army)
The Soviets build a wall around east Berlin, to prevent the east Berliners from escaping (U.S. Army)
The soviet union put missiles in Cuba so that if nuclear war did happen, they would be in very close range.(U.S. Army)
9. What was the general process of decolonization? The reason that decolonization happened was because the larger countries could no longer support their colonies which led to poverty.
Many African countries had become free after world war 2
Even though many countries would struggle in the beginning. They were headed in the right direction to being free.
The poverty in some of the country's was so bad, that some family's had to share a small shack