The Cold War was a conflict that lasted from the end of World War II in 1945 until 1991, when Soviet-influenced communism collapsed. The casualties and losses of the Vietnam and Korean wars, the two major wars fought indirectly between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War, would appear to be a disaster for both of the world's superpowers. But in reality it wasn't. The Cold War brought a period of extreme consumption by the United States, especially in the nuclear arms race, in order to improve technologies that helped further evolve the power and influence that could be used with nuclear technology. United States. Over time, these technologies could become more integrated into our daily lives in the form of electronic chips that can be used in devices such as phones and radios. This time period also encouraged people throughout the United States to spend money in the United States so that the United States could increase its government's revenue. As the United States criticized the Soviet Union and its form of communism, it had to show how well it treated its own people so as not to be seen as hypocrites. Because of this, Jim Crow laws that allowed for “equal” segregation between blacks and whites were overturned and abandoned, giving more rights to African Americans. The nuclear arms race and the Cold War had positive economic, technological, and social effects for the United States. The Cold War was triggered due to several causes, these causes came from the competition between the United States and the Soviet Union during World War II. First of all, at the time US President Truman had a personal dislike for Joseph Stalin, the leader of the Soviet Union during World War II. The Soviet Union wanted to spread communism throughout the world, while the... middle of paper ......and-cons/ (accessed April 16, 2014).Oracle ThinkQuest, “An Overview of the Crisis,” Cuban Missile Crisis: Summary, Oracle ThinkQuest, library.thinkquest.org/11046/days/ (accessed January 26, 2014). PBS Online, “Timeline,” Race For The Superbomb, PBS Online, www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex /timeline/indextxt.html (accessed January 9, 2014). Pillai Prabhakar, “Causes and Effects of the Cold War,” Buzzle, www.buzzle.com/articles/causes-and-effects-of-the-cold-war .html (accessed April 1, 2014).Плакаты времен СССР | Blog on Анапа.инфо, “Плакаты времен СССР”, http://www.anapa.info/blogs/post_2793/ (accessed May 1, 2014).The Cold War Museum, “1950s”, Sputnik, The Cold War Museum, www.coldwar.org/articles/50s/Sputnik.asp (accessed 3 February 2014). The Cold War Museum, “1960s,” The U-2 Incident, Gary Roberson, www.coldwar.org/articles/60s/U2_incident .asp (accessed February 4. 2014).