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A few, like Hungary, enjoyed perhaps a couple of years of independence, but by the start of the Cold War they were Soviet satellite states.
Sputnik was the first artificial satellite ever launched into space. Because it was a Russian accomplishment, the United States immediately hurried to catch up with them. This competition was a major characteristic of the Cold War.
Quite the opposite. The Warsaw Pact was an agreement among the Soviet Union and 7 of the Soviet satellite states during the Cold War.
The role of United Nations was to mediate in disputes and promote international co-operation.
A strategic defense initiative to build a satellite
A few, like Hungary, enjoyed perhaps a couple of years of independence, but by the start of the Cold War they were Soviet satellite states.
Their satellite states.
Satellite nations were like ALLIES to the communist Superpowers.
Sputnik was the first artificial satellite ever launched into space. Because it was a Russian accomplishment, the United States immediately hurried to catch up with them. This competition was a major characteristic of the Cold War.
Because the Cold War was a war between the United States of America and the former USSR (Soviet Union) and at that time Joseph Stalin was the leader of the USSR so there for he played an important role in the Cold War
No, it was used to track missiles during the cold war.
Quite the opposite. The Warsaw Pact was an agreement among the Soviet Union and 7 of the Soviet satellite states during the Cold War.
Atomic weapons played a major role in fear, but were never actually used in the Cold War. There were multiple instances in which the Soviet Union and United States threatened each other with atomic weapons, such as the Cuban Missile Crisis, but overall no Atomic weapons were ever used on enemy countries which is how the Cold War stayed cold.
Other countries around the world either picked up capitalism or communism. The cold war spread because Russia wanted more control in more satellite states and countries, and the US had to keep an eye on them as well as keep them in check.
The role of United Nations was to mediate in disputes and promote international co-operation.
Nationalism did play an important role in the cold war. There are certain individuals who offered to work as spies for their countries.
Right after World War II, the United States and Russia began to have an arms race over technology after Russia launched Sputnik, a satellite, into space. It also sparked the United States to begin teaching evolution in the classroom.