Which of the following events caused tensions to increase during the Cold War between 1948 and 1953? (1 point)

A) China and the United States supported opposing sides in the Vietnam War.
B) The USSR sent troops to preserve communist rule in Afghanistan.
C) The U.S. invaded the Dominican Republic to stop it from becoming a communist state.
D) The USSR successfully tested its first atomic bomb.

D) The USSR successfully tested its first atomic bomb.