Which best describes the Cold War?

a race between the United States and the Soviet Union to build nuclear weapons

a competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to put a man into space

a tense, forty-year standoff between the Soviet Union and the United States

a forty-year period in which the world's superpowers engaged in armed conflict

Question

Which best describes the Cold War?

       a race between the United States and the Soviet Union to build nuclear weapons

       a competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to put a man into space

       a tense, forty-year standoff between the Soviet Union and the United States

       a forty-year period in which the world's superpowers engaged in armed conflict

anonymous · Answer

I can tell you what it is most likely not. D is completely wrong.

anonymous · Answer

The Cold War was a state of political and military tension after World War II between powers in the Western Bloc (the United States, its NATO allies and others) and powers in the Eastern Bloc (the Soviet Union and its allies in the Warsaw Pact).

wwhitlock · Answer

yup, D describes a hot war.

a1234 · Answer

I guess A and B are part of the answer, but not in itself. I'd go for C.

wwhitlock · Answer

Notice that in the quote there is no mention of actual combat between US/USSR? He's given you enough to answer the question

anonymous · Answer

Thanks @wwhitlock

wwhitlock · Answer

Medal goes to @HistoryMasterminds