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a competition for political influence over other countries

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Soviet Union was communist and wanted to spread communism around the world

USA was anti communist and prevent communism spreading and install democracy

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Q: What was the primary cause of the cold war between the US and the soviet union?
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What was a primary cause of the cold war between the US and the Soviet Union?

The stop to communism and to prevent communism to come into the US.


Was a primary cause of the Cold War between the US and the Soviet Union?

The stop to communism and to prevent communism to come into the US.


Was the primary threat from the soviet union military or ideological?

The military threat grew out of the mutual ideological threat between the west and the east.


What is the difference between the Soviet Union and Soviet Bloc?

The Soviet Union was the actual country itself. The Soviet Bloc was a group of supposedly independent countries which were really controlled by the Soviet Union.


Who was our primary enemy during the cold war?

Soviet Union (Russia.)


The cold war was the cooling of relations between the soviet union and western what?

The Cold War was between the Soviet Union and Western democracies.


What did the cold war result from?

The Cold War resulted from lack of trust between the U.S and The Soviet Union.


Who fought the Soviet war?

The war was between the former Soviet Union and Afghanistan, started when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979.


In what primary way did the goals of us intervention in Europe differ from those of the Soviet Union?

The United States wanted to limit the spread of communism, but the Soviet Union did not.


What was the main goal of the Soviet Union after World War 2?

The main goal was to create a buffer zone between the Soviet Union and Western Europe


What were the differences in ideology and the events that increased tensions between the US and Soviet Union?

Soviet Union was communist.


Who was Joseph Stalin's primary opponent control of the soviet union?

Leon Trotsky