Question

The Cold War impacted every aspect of American life. Discuss the domestic implications of the Cold War. Your essay should explain how the Cold War affected higher education, the economy, immigration policy, civil rights, and civil liberties.

Answer 1

Investments in technology, weapons, and propaganda were central elements of the Cold War. Each side sought to prove to the world its superiority and that of the economic model it advocated. Competition surpassed the limits of planet Earth itself in the late 1950s with the so-called Space Race, that is, the battle for pioneering space conquest when, on October 4, 1957, the Soviets launched their first artificial satellite. of the planet, the Sputnik.

The cold war led American students to become more interested in science and math .  At that time the Americans were afraid of the communists and the rights of the civil were restricted by this. People were afraid and restrict by this.

The whole Cold War had very high prices, and that took a lot from both the United States and the Soviet Union.

Immigration policies were very strict, because US was very afraid of the communists invading the country.