cold war

This war was between the United States and the Soviet Union. The Cold War started in the 1945. The Cold War was about the U.S. containing communism. The soviet union wanted to spread communism all over the world but, the U.S. fought to stop it. Truman made a deal that all countiea who wanted to contain communism with us would get our aid. That document became the truman doctine. General McCarthy was a general during this war. He made many statements that the president didn't agree with. He ordered General McCarthy to withdraw those statements numerous times. China's new entrance into the creation of nuclear weapons. The U.S. was feeling vulnerable when we began to have suspicions of an American spy that was helping the other side create atomic bombs off of our ideas. Many cities were feeling vulnerable of an atomic attack. These fears lauched many civil defense excersises. Many began to prove their loyalty to the U.S. government.