Question

What were the two primary causes of the Cold War?

the desire of the Soviets and the Western Allies to exploit Germany's mineral resources
differing political systems as well as disagreements over the rebuilding of Europe and Berlin
the United States and the Soviet Union disliked that their political systems were so similar
the inclusion of China in the Security Council of the United Nations
mistrust between the Soviet Union and the Western democracies

Answer 1

Historians have identified several causes that led to the outbreak of the Cold War, including: tensions between the two nations at the end of World War II, the ideological conflict between both the United States and the Soviet Union, the emergence of nuclear weapons, and the fear of communism in the United States.