The Cold War 1945-1990: US vs Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
definition of cold war:
- a political, strategic and ideological struggle between the US and the Soviet Union.
- Spread throughout the world-Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
- "communist"-1917
- US red scare: stopped immigration, reported radicals..we feared becoming communist and deported people.
- Communism vs. Democracy:
- Democracy:giving people a choice to say what they want
- communism: the government controls everything
- Karl Marx Theory: the majority of people are poor, these people are going to rise and overthrow the rich and government would fade away and create a class society where every one is equal. its immoral that 1% of the population controls money.
- Practice:
- Communist country's: China, Cuba,North Korea, Los, and Vietnam
- Lenin: He was in favor of the theory.
- Stalin: He took over and killed people he couldn't trust..became a dictator.
- Socialism vs. Capitalism
- Socialism: government owned
- Capitalism: people owned
Causes of Cold War:
- different political systems
- US based on Democracy, capitalism and freedom
- USSR is based on dictatorship, communism and control
- both thought their systems where better and distrusted the other intentions
- Stalin despite capitalism
- Stalin broke his promises at the Yalta Conference
- American fear of a communist attack and the USSR fear of a US attack
- USSR feared the Atomic Bomb
- Stalin acted like he wasn't scared but he was very
- we would threaten the bomb without saying it
- USSRs actions in the German zone
- USSRs goal to spread communism around the world. The US main goal was to stop communism
- the feeling of suspicion lead to the mutual distrust and this did a great deal of deepen in the Cold War
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