Friday 4/5/13

start of the cold war unit:

my def.- USSR and US fight to get the first satellite in space or the first man on the moon

Bruns' def.-A political strategic and ideological struggle between the USSR. Spread throughout the world-Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America

1917 USSR know as Russia
Bolshevik Revolution "communist"
US-Red Scare:
- scared of becoming communist
- stopped immigration
- deported radicals
Comintern:
- go to countries and teach them to be communist and take over
- communist international
- USSR had
Communism v. democracy:
- Democracy:
  - people rule
- Communism:
  - Practice:
    - Run by one person (dictator)
    - Government controls EVERYTHING
  - 5 Communist countries:
    - China
    - North korea
    - Cuba
    - Veitman
    - Laos
  - Karl Marx Theory:
    - immoral that 1% of the people control the money
    - people overthrow the government (kill the leader)
    - would make everyone and everything equal
  - Valdemar Lenin:
    - followed the Marx theory
  - Stalin:
    - somewhat like Lenin
    - tried to bring equality
    - everyone poor
    - killed people that he didn't trust
  - poor overthrow the rich
Socialism v. Capitalism:
- Capitalism
  - the people own the businesses
- Socialism:
  - Government owns the businesses
Causes of the cold war:
- Different political systems:
  - US based on democracy capitalism, and freedom
  - USSR is Based on dictatorship communism and controk
  - both thought their systems where better and distrusted the others intentisons
  - Stalin despised capitalism

Stalin breaking the promise to allow free election at the Yalta conference
American fear of a communist attack (Red scare) and USSR's fear of US attack
USSR's fear of atomic bomb
USSR's actions in their German zones
USSR's goal to spread communism around the world
US' goal stop the spread of communism
Feeling of suspicion lead to mutual distrust and this did a great deal of to deepen the Cold War

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