How did the Cold War alter the role of the federal government in both foreign and domestic policy? In your answer, discuss three specific events or pieces of legislation. Be specific and detailed.

The Cold War was a nearly 50-year-long political, ideological, and military struggle for global power that was waged between the United States and the Soviet Union. From the end of World War II until the early 1990s, the Cold War was the United States' preeminent international concern, directing all of the nation's major foreign policy decisions.

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