During the late 1940s, tension between the United States and the Soviet Union rapidly increased as both nations began to distrust the other's political ideals, which which eventually led to the Cold War. Ever since the Soviets completed the atomic bomb, the threat of being attacked by an atomic bomb at any given time was also hovering in the air. Furthermore, Americans also began to fear that the influence of communism would spread throughout the world and infiltrate the United States government. Ultimately, Eisenhower acknowledged the fears brought by the Soviet Union but ended up doing virtually nothing to quell them. After the Soviets created the atomic bomb and began testing it at the beginning of the Cold War, the Americans realized that an attack could happen at any time. Americans knew the effects of the atomic bomb due to its use during World War II and were all terrified that such a weapon could be used in the United States. Air raid shelters were built in public places to protect citizens from attacks (Document C). Air raid shelters provided canned food and water to citizens...