Intro to the cold war..
- the ussr vs. the us --1945-1990
- definition- political, strategic, and ideological struggle between the united states and the soviet union
- spread throughout the world- Europe, asia, africa, and Latin America
- things look good for the soviet union at first but they ultimately fail
Democracy-government for the people by the people-- representative democracy- we elect senators and representatives to speak for us
Capitalism- people would own and control businesses
Socialism- businesses are owned and controlled by the government
Communism- making everyone equal
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels- men who basically invented communism
class struggle-poor vs. rich- rich controlled the government so poor would overrun them-- they wanted to get rid of this so there were no classes or anything-- everyone needs to be equal.
Bolshevik Revolution- russia became communists-- we started hating communists-- Lenin vs. Stalin. lenin thought class struggle would happen- he dies- stalin takes over- he did two things: nationalization- government taking over businesses and collectivization- government taking over farms; people fought back and lost
Red Scare- we were afraid we were becoming communists
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