Cold War

Several things lead to the beginning of the Cold War. The meeting at Yalta where the big three met, (Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin) where they were to decide and work out the control of postwar Europe. Each leader brought his own concerns to the table. Churchill hoped to save the British Empire: Stalin intended to protect his borders and rebuild his country. Roosevelt on the other hand sought worldwide spread of democracy and free trade. …

…cold war was a new type of war that would forever change our world. Living in fear, knowing that at anytime a nuclear crisis between the US and the Soviets would kill thousands and thousands of people. Underground bomb shelters and many other factors forever changed the lives of Americans and people of the world. Nuclear scientists “had let a terrible genie out of the bottle and there was no way to put it back.”