What was the period of political tension following world war two called?

The Cold War followed ww2 because of the Soviets. 

Born in braintree (present-day quincy),  massachusetts, on october 30, 1735, john adams was the oldest of john and susanna boylston adams’ three sons. the elder adams was a farmer and shoemaker who also served as a congregationalist deacon and an official in local government

Jefferson's idea of an agrarian republic was a democratic vision of a society of independent yeomen farm families.