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.
Who Caused the End of the Cold War? The end of the Cold War was a greater historical transformation than 9/11, but controversy persists about its causes. An article by Steven Erlanger in Monday's New York Times quotes the neo-conservative commentator Robert Kagan as saying that the standard narrative is Reagan.. But the standard narrative is misleading.