Three ways that democracy in Athens influenced the United States government.

C. No, both countries still fought in proxy wars but not directly against each other, is the correct answer.

Explanation:

Proxy war is the war in which two opposite sides use third parties to fight the war on their behalf. Governments and  mercenaries are often employed as the proxies. A recent example of proxy war is the Syrian conflict in which both American and Russians assisted. The Korean War, Vietnam War and many other conflicts are known as cold war proxies, during the cold war they both funded one side of the war. e.g Russian government provided M-15 fighter jets to the North Korean forces and US government assisted the south Korea.