How Does The Cold War Affected People From 1946-1991?

How do you think the Cold War affected people from 1946 - 1991? The Cold War was a very intense battle of ideologies. The Soviet Union believed in communism, which was that everyone should be of equal pay and you do not vote for your leader. The US believed in democracy and that you should vote for your leaders and work for your money.The Cold War gets its name because there was no direct contact between the US and Soviet Union in battle. The Cold War impacted the US and the Soviet Union in the areas of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the division of Europe, and lastly Proxy Wars. First, the division of Europe happened and it affected Europe greatly. By the end of WW2 Germany's defeat had caused the Allied powers to occupy it. “The West backed West Germany, the federal
After West Germany started to leave, East Germany angered the SU and they built a wall, The Berlin Wall. It was made so the people from outside Berlin couldn’t escape to East Germany. There were guards on every corner, if someone tried to get out a guard shot them. They were isolated.... that's where the Berlin Airlift came in. The U.S. flew planes over West Berlin and dropped them food and supplies to help them thrive in their small town. Eventually, after much protest, the Germans broke down the wall. This angered the SU; they had lost very important territory. Germany is now a free country and is allies with the US to this day. Next, the Cuban Missile Crisis. “The Soviet Union would place missiles in Cuba to deter the US from staging an attack.” (DE). This is because the U.S. has missiles in Turkey and Turkey is awfully close to Russia. Not only that, but Cuba is very close to Key West Florida. Both the Soviet Union and the US had very dangerous nuclear missiles because the Soviet Union had spies during the making of “The Fat Man” and “Little Boy”. This is important because they can have MAD (Mutually Assured