cold war 1945 - 1991

when was the cold war

1947 - 1991

Who was the Cold war between

US and Soviet Union

why was the cold war called the cold war?

Because the two countries never fought each other directly

what type of fighting was the cold war

spying

why did the cold war start

US and the Soviet Union worked together to defeat the Nazis but they had different goals

what were the different goals between us and the Soviet Union

the US wanted to spread democracyand the Soviet Union wanted to spread communism

what was the US goal after ww2

they wanted to spread democracy and free markets

what was the Soviet Union goal after ww2

they wanted to spread communism and state control

after ww2 what did the Soviet Union do that caused the US to see them as a threat

They refused to leave the Eastern European countries that they had once liberated.

what did the Soviet Union do with the countries they refused to leave after ww2

they turned them into communist puppet states

what is the Eastern Bloc

the countries of Eastern Europe that fell under the dominance of the soviet union from

are the Eastern puppet states and Eastern Bloc the same thing?

yes both words are referring to the same thing

when the Soviet Union refused to leave the countries they liberated after ww2? what happened

US saw them as a threat. they think they are tryna start a global communist expansion