1. The Cold War didn’t lead to a single big conflict, rather many smaller ones. 2. The USA and USSR were both trying to spread its ideals. The USA spreading Democracy and freedom, while the USSR spread controlling and unfair communism and socialism. They would spread these ideals by influencing smaller nations. And sometimes they would influence the same nation and cause a civil war/revolution. These consist of The Korean War and Vietnam. 3. The Cold War eventually came to an end when USSR officials started loosening restrictions for the country. Until it eventually separated and became Russia followed by many others. Thus ending the Cold War.