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.
Answer Wiki. In truth, 1945, if we interpret the Cold War as when the US and USSR started their competition in the postwar world. It could be argued that the postwar global arrangement was pretty much set up at the Potsdam Conference. Another potential starting point was the Iron Curtain speech by Winston Churchill on March 5, 1946.