| A | B |
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| Cold War | Rivalries between the superpowers often involved conflicts in other nations; fall of the Berlin Wall; America vs. the Soviet Union |
| the United States and the Soviet Union | were hesitant to become involved in direct military conflict mainly because of the potential for global nuclear destruction; competed economically and militarily; competed for influence in the Middle East because of its strategic location and valuable resources |
| Vietnam and Korea | were divided into communist and non--communist parts during most of the Cold War era |
| McCarthyism | resulted from charges that Communists had infiltrated the United States government; also resulted from fear of communist influence in the United States |
