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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
- Com- economic system is equal- people ownership
- 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
- Soc- everyone is equal
- 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
- Bolshevik Revolution (1917-1921)
- 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
- Different Political systems
- 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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