Negative: 1  Pollution increased, working conditions were harmful, and with the employed of women and young children, making them work long and hard hours. 2  From the time of its start, the factories and industry has increased the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere by two-folds.
Causes of the Cold War. Cite This Source. Causes of the Cold War Summary & Analysis. In 1945, the United States and Soviet Union were allies, jointly triumphant in World War II, which ended with total victory for Soviet and American forces over Adolf Hitler's Nazi empire in Europe.
The DÃ©tente was essentially a stilling of the waters between the US and the USSR. It was started by Richard Nixon, elected President of the United States in 1968, and his National Security Advisor, Henry Kissinger and continued on through to 1980 and the start of the 'second Cold War'.