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cold war - Coggle Diagram

- - - - USA
        
        Capitalist
        
        free market economy
      - SU
        
        Communist
        
        command economy
    - - SU
        
        Authoritative (Communist)
        
        Only one political party (communist party) to vote for (people could only vote for them)
      - USA
        
        Democratic
        
        ≥ 2 political parties governing (people could choose among two or more parties to vote for)
  - - - Russia Allies’ side in WWI After turning communist, SU pulled out of WWI
        
        Signing the treaty of Brest-Litovsk → made the Central powers stronger (Allies lost a strong ally, Central powers gained resources)
        
        Seen as a betrayal by the Western allies
    - - Stalin sent officials to Britain hoping to obtain an alliance with Britain against Hitler
        
        However the officials were rebuffed
        
        Britain and France began to appease Hitler --> Stalin convinced that they were encouraging him to turn his sights Eastward and towards the USSR.
    - - by signing a pact with Hitler, the USSR made it easy for Hitler to invade Western Europe.