Question

The results of the Cold War included: _____. SELECT ALL THAT APPLY!
the end of the Soviet Union
the end of democracy
independence for the Soviet republics
the end of global imperialism
the end of Eastern European conflict

Answer 1

Independence for the Soviet republics and the end of the Soviet Union. These were the two main consequences at athe end of the Cold War the implosion of the Soviet Union and the new independence of the former Soviet republics in eastern Europe. It was not the end of global imperialism as evidenced by such things as the invasion of Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, the bombing of Yemen now, the coup against the democratically elected government of President Zelaya in Honduras and the campaign to discredit the government of Venezuela.

Answer 2

The correct options are: "Independence for the Soviet republics and the end of the Soviet Union"

Along with the named effects we can say the following, the effects brought about by the Cold War were:

• The United States and the Soviet Union accumulated large arsenals of atomic weapons and ballistic missiles.

• The military blocks of NATO and the Warsaw Pact were formed

• It reached the destructive conflicts of Vietnam and Korea

• The Soviet Union collapsed due to its economic weakness

• The Berlin Wall was demolished and the Warsaw Pact disintegrated

• The Baltic states and some former Soviet republics achieved independence

• The United States became the only superpower in the world

• Communism collapsed