CONFLICTS OVER IDEAS-COLD WAR

CAUSES OF CONFLICT

• U.S. and Soviet Russia
• Diffent government ideas.
• SU wanted to spread communism worldwide, which alarmed the America.
• Soviet Union’s action of taking control over Eastern Europe was a major factor for US suspicions.
• The US President had a personal dislike of the Soviet leader Josef Stalin.

RESULTS

• The Berlin Wall was demolished and Germany was unified.
• It led to destructive conflicts like the Vietnam War and the Korean War.
• The Soviet Union collapsed due to economic weaknesses.
• America became the sole superpower of the world.