Cold War 1945-1990
- US vs. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
- A political, strategic, and ideological struggle between the US and the Soviet Union.
- Spread throughout the world-Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
Bolshevik Revolution - "Communist" 1917
Comintern
- Communist international.
- They would bring in people from other countries and teach them to start communist revolutions.
US Red Scare
- Deported radicals.
- Stopped immigration.
- Afraid of becoming communist.
Discussion
- Democracy- Giving people a choice, power, a say.
- Capitalism- economic system, people own the businesses. Problem of when the top 1% of people own all of the businesses.
- Communism- Usually a dictatorship. North Korea, China, Vietnam, Laos, Cuba.
- Socialism- Owned and controlled by the government.
- Karl Marx theory- The majority of people are poor and they are eventually going to rise up and overthrow that 1% and the government and everyone will work together and it will be peaceful.
Causes of the Cold War
- Different political systems
- US based on democracy, capitalism and freedom.
- USSR based on dictatorship, communism and control.
- Both thought their system was better and distrusted the others intentions.
- Stalin despised Capitalism.
- Stalin breaking his promise 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.
- USSR's actions in their German zone.
- USSR's goal to spread communism around the world.
- This feeling of suspicion lead to mutual distrust and this did a great deal to deepen the Cold War.
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