Question

what best term describes the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War?

Answer 1

Their relationship was considered competitive and even more than competitive it was sometimes tense.

Answer 2

The options of the question should be, A) collaborative. B) competitive. C) complacent. D) cooperative

The correct answer is B) competitive.

The best term that describes the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War is “competitive.”

After World War II and during the Cold War, the relationship between both nations was tense all the time. The Soviet Union wanted to spread Communism in Europe and in different countries and the U.S. tried to impede it. Both countries had special intelligence agencies to provide information through spies, competed each other in many issues like in the space race, and the confrontation reached a critical moment with the Cuban Missiles crises of October 1962.