Question

After World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union emerged as superpowers, or powerful countries who influenced events in their regions of the world. During World War II, the two countries had cooperated to win the war. Afterward, the differences between the two nations led to new hostility.

One major cause of the Cold War was


Group of answer choices

different political and economic systems in the U.S. and the Soviet Union

trade competition between the United States and Europe

the forced relocation of Japanese-Americans in detention camps

the rejection of Soviet membership in the United Nations

Answer 1

If you recall your World War II history, the United States and the Soviet Union were allies during the war. Together, these nations and others brought about the downfall of Hitler's Third Reich. When the war ended in 1945, these two countries emerged as world super powers.

Historians have identified several causes that led to the outbreak of the Cold War, including: tensions between the two nations at the end of World War II, the ideological conflict between both the United States and the Soviet Union, the emergence of nuclear weapons, and the fear of communism in the United States.