(DBQ)How did the Cold War begin and what "weapons" were used to fight this war?

QUESTION: How did the Cold War begin and what "weapons" were used to fight this war?

The Cold War was "the struggle for global power between the United States and the Soviet Union following World War II" (History book, pg. 874). The Cold War began by controversial wants and needs from two different countries and several different "weapons" were used to fight this controversial war. The feuds eventually kept building up, greater and greater, resulting in one great war. Two countries, the United States and the Soviet Union both took part in fighting.

The Cold war began for a number of different reasons. One of the main reasons this war began was that there were huge differences in the way that the Soviet and the US led one another and the disagreements eventually reached a final rising point, causing several feuds as well, riots. The US was a democratic state where many parties could stand and elections were held.

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It was a fair and politically correct policy for everyone. "I believe it must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted domination by armed minorities or outside pressure." (DBQ 2) The Soviet was a communist state, where the political party controlled the state. The people basically had no free will.

More reasons as to how the Cold War started up would be affected by the mistrust between the two countries. It started as far back as the October Revolution of 1917. When the communists came to power, they created harsher ways of ruling their country, which angered the US greatly. One last reason on how the Cold War came about was the US fear of Russian expansion. In 1922, Russia combined with five other states creating the Soviet Union. In 1936 five...