The correct answer is democratic US and communist Soviet Union competed to support and defend their political ideologies globally between 1945-1991
The cold war did not have any direct conflicts even though it was indeed close at certain points in time such as the Cuban Missile crisis. It didn't last three years and actually lasted for almost 50 years. There was a lot of hate going around but conflicts were only seen by proxy in other states that had civil wars or similar things.
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The most major impact of the abolitionist movement was that it made slavery into an emotional and political issue
We entered the vietnam war to "save the oppressed people" from communist north vietnam who was trying to invade south vietnam