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The bomb was used to scare the Soviets and show them the United States' power

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Did the Cold War start in 1945?

The atomic bomb was detonated in 1945.


How did the end of world war 2 help start the cold war?

By the use of the atomic bomb. This brought man into the atomic age.


What were some roadblocks from making the first atomic bomb in the United states during the cold war?

The first atomic bomb was engineered in WWII, not the Cold War. The Hydrogen Bomb was a Cold War Weapon.


What are causes of cold war?

The Atomic Bomb caused the cold war.


Why did neither side fire an atomic bomb at the other side during the Cold War?

they did'nt want to start another war


What characterizes the role of America's possession of the atomic bomb in the origins of the Cold War?

The American people characterizes the role of America's possession of the atomic bomb in the origins of the Cold War.


What does the cold war and world war and the atomic bomb have in common?

at the end of the world war (WW2) the atomic bomb was used on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. After WW2 the atomic bomb was further developed and "was used as a silent threat against USSR" until 1949 when they had their own atomic bomb. From that year there was an arms race which played a major part in the Cold War


What made the cold war colder?

i say the atomic bomb


What was the most effective weapon in the cold war?

The Atomic Bomb.


What are causes of the cold war?

Communism verses the free world.


What was the reason for the atomic bomb during the cold war?

To Kill People


What did dropping the atomic bomb have to do with launching the cold war?

Stalin was angry