How Did The Cold War Affect Us Today

The Cold War, one of the most scariest times in America’s, or even the world’s history. The threat of nuclear war was real, very real. At any moment America or the U.S.S.R. could destroy the entire world with their assault of nuclear weapons, just at a call and a click of a button. This is one of many important times in history, and still affects us today. Not only did the North Atlantic Treaty Operation come from the tensions, but the bay of pigs, the cuban missile crisis, the berlin wall (the construction and demolition) all were the outcome from these tensions in which still affect us today.
Lets talk about the most crucial times during the cold war, the cuban missile crisis, and how it is still affecting us today. The cuban missile crisis was the time when Russia and the US were at the highest chance to destroy each other, and possibly the world. Khrushchev Placed medium ranged nuclear warheads in Cuba, which were pointed directly at the US and could reach
Cuba is still a communist country to this day, but with recant talks with Cuba’s government, we have learn to deal with one another. When cuba became a communist country, there were refugees that came to america by boat, and to this day they still come to become a free man or woman, they still have to take the US citizen test to become one though. Our governments still haven’t gotten along since this moment in history, we still have regulations on what people can go over to Cuba. We used to not allow US citizens over to Cuba at all! Now people go in tour groups to promote people to people action with cuban citizens, and cannot go just on vacation and take a boat or fly over at