What were the two primary causes of the Cold War?

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Lynna [10]3 years ago

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Answer:

Differing political systems as well as disagreements over the rebuilding of europe and berlin

Mistrust between the soviet union and the western democracies

Explanation:

charle [14.2K]3 years ago

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The long-term causes of the Cold War are clear. Western democracies had always been hostile to the idea of a communist state. The United States had refused recognition to the USSR for 16 years after the Bolshevik takeover. Domestic fears of communism erupted in a Red Scare in America in the early Twenties.

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