April 18-22

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Tuesday- makeup test

Wednesday- makeup test

Thursday- Work on project (2000-2008)

Friday- Work on project (2000-2008)

Cold War Notes 

  • Definition 
    • A political, strategic and ideological struggle between the US and the Soviet Union from 1945-1990
    • Spread throughout the world- Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America 
  • Communism VS Democracy 
    • Com- economic system is equal- people ownership
      • equality, no freedom/rights  
    • Dem- Everyone has a say 
  • Socialism VS Capitalism 
    • Soc- everyone is equal
      • Giving the people free advantages (health care, education) 
    • Cap-keeps prices down and quality up
      • The harder you work, the more you will be rewarded 
      • Bad: the rich get richer and the poor get poorer 
  • History of Soviet Union
    • Bolshevik Revolution (1917-1921)
      • Communists revolution 
    • Lenin (Dissolve government and turn it to the people, take control for a bit, then get rid of it- never happened---death) 
    • Stalin (Couldn't trust people so he killed people
      • Purges 
      • Collectivization 
      • Nationalization
      • Five Year Plans
    • Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact 
    • War with Germany 
    • Battle of Berlin
      • April-May, 1945
  • Causes of the Cold War
    • Different Political systems
      • US is based on democracy, capitalism and freedom 
      • USSR is based on dictatorship, communism and control
    • The Red scare- 1919
      • Communists were getting trained to start a revolution against non-communists
      • US limited immigration and Palmer Raid--Deported possible communists 
    • Both thought their system was better and distrusted the others intentions 
    • Stalin despised capitalism
    • Distrust during WWII
    • Stalin breaking his promises to allow free elections at the Yalta Conference 
    • American fear of a communist attack (Red Scare) and USSR's fear of a US attack
    • USSR's fear of the atomic bomb
      • Felt like we teased him with a bomb but we really didn't 
    • USSR's actions in their German zone
    • USSR's goal to spread communism around the world 
  • Yalta Conference-1945The West- US, Great Britain, France, Germany--Super powers
    • Before the end of the WWII, Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt met at Yalta to plan what should happen when the war ended. 
  • The East- Super powers- Eastern Europe, Soviet Union,--communists
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