Cold War
Causes for the end of the Cold War
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The Soviet Union began to break due to financial problems in Russia
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The Soviet Union began to break due to financial problems in Russia
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Inequality between the countries in the Soviet Union made the satellite countries mad, and start to rebel (Russia could not do anything because of financial)
Gorbachev making reforms that starts to get Russia moving towards the direction of communism
Reagan lying about having space lasers that can destroy missiles
Important events
Invasion of Afghanistan
Marshal Plan
Vietnam War
Molotov Plan
Korean War
Truman Doctrine
Berlin Wall
NATO: democratic / Warsaw Pact: communist (meant to intimidate other countries)
Berlin Blockade & Airlift
Arms Race
The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the Soviet Union and the United States and their respective allies, the Eastern Bloc and the Western Bloc, after World War II.
Communism vs. Capitalism
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Communism
Capitalism
a theory or system of social organization in which all property is owned by the community and each person contributes and receives according to their ability and needs.
USSR, China, Mongolia, Manchuria, North Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan
An economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state
US, Great Britain, most of Western Europe