Create a bullet-point list of how the united states and soviet union were alike during the cold war? how were they different?

The United States and the Soviet Union were the two global super powers, and they had both differences and similarities.

Similarities:

Both had expansionist ambitions;Both were trying to spread out their influence in all parts of the world;Both were intensely developing their military and technology;Both formed military organization, NATO and the Warsaw Pact, in order to protect their interests;

Differences:

USA was mostly capitalist politics, while the USSR had communist politics;USA was striding towards multiculturalism, while the USSR had an ongoing ethnic cleansing;USA was a democracy, while the USSR was an autocracy;