why was the cold war the most important event in US history?

Question

what happened during the cold war to make the the most important even in the US history

please give me real answers, don't tell me it wasnt please

Answer 1

What happened during the cold war to make it most important in U.S. history is that it contained war to smaller areas of the world. At no time were there no wars going on, but they were able to be contained. In terms of the larger idea of World Wars this made the Cold War in retrospect (to my thinking) an enforced peace. With the break-up of the Soviet empire and the fall of the Berlin Wall the 'Cold War' came to an end, but really happened was that the world has become more dangerous and vulnerable to every increasingly large wars drawing in more and more nations.


So, on the positive side, the Cold War bought the 'free world' more time. On the negative side it turned out to be more of an enforced peace which, with the break-up has brought in an ever escalating number of international wars affecting the free world, of which the U.S. has, since the demise of the British Empire been the the world's beacon of freedom.

All this is now breaking up.

Answer 2

Perhaps the Vietnam war or the Cuban missile crisis. This is a difficult question to answer because the cold war was not an event, so I don't know if I really understand what you mean by "the most important event." The two things I mentioned were important experiences that the US lived through, that clearly marked anyone who remembers that time. I hope that helps.

Answer 3

Probably the most important event in English history was the sucessfull resistance of King Alfred, in the 800's to the Vikings. Had he not, despite many setbacks, maintained an Anglo Saxon kingdom in Southern England, Great Britain as we know it would not exist. Worth mentioning are two later events. In 1066, a French Norman king, with genuine ties to the British throne invaded and siezed the British crown at the battle of Hastings. this set up a cultural and military power struggle within England and France. Both nations, though particularly England was changed profoundly afterwards. The second, and in my opinion, a candidate for most important event in English history, wa sthe Protestant Reformation of England. Rather famously, after Henry VIII was refused a divorce, he split with the Catholic Church. This forever more allied most of Englands interests with the Protestant powers both within and without Europe. It also had a profound effect on American history. Take your pick!

Answer 4

Because only with the Cold War did the United States accept the mantle of world leadership and set isolationism behind.

Answer 5

The cold war was important because the U.S and the U.S.S.R both had nuclear weapons and was willing to use them on one another. By making the U.S.S.R believe we had space technology (that we didn't, a.k. Star Wars Program) to bomb them faster, they agreed to get rid of communism. By doing that, we deconstructed their economic system (which still has yet to recover) thus, they are no longer a super power or a "real" threat.

Answer 6

it was, mainly because it showed the world how powerful we were. on the other hand though. we actually lost in vietnam, which happened because of the cold war, which could be another answer to this, it was a war in which we lost part of it.

Answer 7

It was a series of events, but you could say that the way in which Kennedy dealt with the Cuban missiles crisis resulted in a lot of respect abroad for the USA.