The Cold War: 1945-1990 a political, strategic, and ideological struggle between the US and the USSR.
1917- Russia dropped out of WWI and signed a treaty with germany. Bolshevik Revolution (communist)
U.S. had Red Scare where we thought we might become communist. stopped immigration, deported radicals.
Comintern- (communist international)
Communism- practice: gov't ran by one dictator that has all of the power. theory: created by Karl Marx: poor people will rise up and overthrow the gov't and rich people, the gov't will go away and create a society where everyone will be equal and share. 5 communist countries- vietnam, n. korea, laos, china, cuba.
Democracy- people lead the gov't. usually elected.
Socialism- gov't controls businesses
Capitalism- people own businesses.
Causes of the cold war- different political systems, both thought their system was better and distrusted the others intentions. Stalin despised capitalism. Stalin broke his promise at the yalta conference: eastern europe became communist, we feared they would attack us, they feared we would attack them, USSR feared the atomic bomb. big problems in germany. USSR wanted communism to spread around the world. lack of communication and a lot of distrust.
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