Question: Who started the Cold War? Think, Pair Share

1. The Cold War was inevitable. Both the US and the Soviet Union were responsible, since both had global ambitions for spreading their power and influence and these ambitions were incompatible.
2. The US was more responsible for the Cold War. The US was committed to building an open world economy and a US led international political system that the Soviets would naturally see as a threat. The Soviet response – to seek control over countries along its border and in Eastern Europe – was primarily defensive.
3. The Soviets were more responsible for the Cold War. Stalin was a tyrant and the Soviets were driven by an ideology (Communism) that was by definition expansionist. The Soviets wanted to conquer the world, and the US was right to stop it by any means necessary – Moscow created the conflict and the US response was primarily defensive.
4. This is a stupid question.