Identify and discuss three ways the Cold War impacted American society.

The Cold War was a battle of supremacy between the capitalist and democratic U.S. against a communist and authoritarian Soviet Union/Russia. The two countries engaged in propaganda in an attempt to bolster their world dominance and spread their policies to other countries.

The Cold War had both negative and positive effects on the American society. One of the major negative impacts of the war was the increasing level of suspicionamong members of the American...

The Cold War was a battle of supremacy between the capitalist and democratic U.S. against a communist and authoritarian Soviet Union/Russia. The two countries engaged in propaganda in an attempt to bolster their world dominance and spread their policies to other countries.

The Cold War had both negative and positive effects on the American society. One of the major negative impacts of the war was the increasing level of suspicion among members of the American society. Leaders sought to settle personal differences by accusing each other of supporting communism. The same trend took effect among the citizens, which eventually led to unnecessary suffering of a significant number of the population. For instance, the Better America League of southern California documented approximately 2 million individuals suspected of supporting communism. These people were fired from their jobs and had their civil rights arbitrarily curtailed.

The Cold War also pointed to the conflicting American values, where on one hand they were fighting communism because of its oppressive nature while at the same time perpetuating the worst forms of discrimination against blacks and other minority groups. As a positive impact of the Cold War on the American society, the nation’s leadership and the people were forced to evaluate their social values and ensure they were applied consistently within the society.

The Cold War resulted in the strengthening of America’s free market capitalism. This led to the growth of consumerism among the American society with an aim of sustaining and improving the country’s economy. This would in turn enable the nation to proceed with the spread and support of its foreign policy internationally.