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Causes of The Cold War - Coggle Diagram
Causes of The Cold War
Truman Doctrine
America would give aid to any country resisting communisim
This policy was known as containment
To try contain the spread of communisim
Economic problems in Eastern Europe
This meant many people welcomed communisim
America announced massive economic aid for Europe to combat this
America was against communusim
Both America and Britain were alarmed at the USSR growth in eastern Europe
Churchill described this as an iron curtain
Bulgaria, Romania, Chechslovakia and Hungary were now under communist control
These were called satalite states
America and USSR had different views
America
Governments were elected
Freedom of speech
Businesses were privately owned
USSR
Dictatorship
People were spy'd on by the KGB/Secret police
The government used censorship
Businesses were owned and managed by the government