Question

Which sentence best describes the mutual distrust between the united states and the ussr? both countries realized that their rival was just trying to maintain its own security. both countries felt that their rival could be trusted. both countries felt that their rival was planning to take over the world. both countries believed they were secure from military threat?

Answer 1

The foreign policy of the United States . . . is characterized in the postwar period by a striving for world supremacy. This is the real meaning of the many statements by President Truman and other representatives of American ruling circles; that the United States has the right to lead the world.

—Nikolai Novikov,

Ambassador of the USSR,

September 1946

Which sentence best describes the mutual distrust between the United States and the USSR?

A] Both countries realized that their rival was just trying to maintain its own security.

B] Both countries felt that their rival could be trusted.

C] Both countries felt that their rival was planning to take over the world.

D] Both countries believed they were secure from military threat.

THE ANSWER IS C FOR EDGEN

Answer 2

The correct answer is Option C) Both countries felt that their rival was planning to take over the world.

The United States and the USSR were allies during World War II and their combined strenght was paramount in the defeat of Japan, Germany and Italy.

However, at the end of the War, most of the world was left devastated and there was a huge vaccum of power left due to the collapse of tradtional European powers.

The United States and the USSR, both of which emerged as two most powerful political entities, then sought to influence and control the world.

The USSR believed that the United States would likely try to influence world politics, while the United States had similar feelings for the USSR.

This eventually turned into a rivarly called the Cold War. While most analyst assume that the Cold War ended with the collapse of the USSR, there is renewed tensions between the US and Soviet Union's successor, Russia.