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.
When we turn to the more immediate and tangible causes of the cold war, we must begin with World War Two itself. On July 25, 1945, two months after Germany had surrendered, the Big Three -- Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin and Harry Truman -- met at POTSDAM in order to discuss the fate of Germany.