DIFFERENT VIEWS OF THE WORLD
DIFFERENT VIEWS OF THE WORLD USSR USA WWII – 400,000 DEAD WWII – OVER 20 MILLION DEAD
DIFFERENT VIEWS OF THE WORLD USSR USA END OF WWII – BOOMING ECONOMY END OF WWII - DEVASTATED ECONOMY
DIFFERENT VIEWS OF THE WORLD USSR USA ENCOURAGE DEMOCRACY EVERYWHERE SPREAD COMMUNISM
DIFFERENT VIEWS OF THE WORLD USSR USA PRIMARY GOAL: PROTECTION FROM FUTURE ATTACKS PRIMARY GOAL: INTERNAL PEACE & PROSPERITY
DIFFERENT VIEWS OF THE WORLD SOVIET DISTRUST AMERICAN FEARS U.S. INTERVENED IN 1917 RUSSIAN REVOLUTION COMMUNIST “WORLD REVOLUTION” A THREAT TO CAPITALISM & LIBERTY
DIFFERENT VIEWS OF THE WORLD SOVIET DISTRUST AMERICAN FEARS STALIN WAS TREACHEROUS - HIS INTERNAL PURGES KILLED MILLIONS U.S. REFUSED TO RECOGNIZE THE USSR UNTIL 1933
DIFFERENT VIEWS OF THE WORLD SOVIET DISTRUST AMERICAN FEARS U.S. DELAYED ENTERING WWII USSR COULD NOT BE TRUSTED - SOVIET NON-AGGRESSION AGREEMENT WITH NAZI GERMANY
DIFFERENT VIEWS OF THE WORLD SOVIET DISTRUST AMERICAN FEARS USSR WAS AGGRESSIVE - SOVIET INVASION OF POLAND IN 1939 U.S. DELAYED INVASION OF WESTERN EUROPE
DIFFERENT VIEWS OF THE WORLD SOVIET DISTRUST AMERICAN FEARS USA MOST POWERFUL NATION IN THE WORLD SOVIETS WILL EVENTUALLY DEVELOP ATOMIC WEAPONS
Communism Capitalism vs. Free elections and more than one political party. Private ownership of the means of Production (businesses, farms, etc.). Free Competition – No government Interference. They employ workers and keep all profits made. Limits on government interference in people’s lives Freedom of speech and movement Usually a one-party state. Means of production (Industry and agriculture) owned by the state. Cooperation -People encouraged to work for the common good. Classless society with no individual profit-making The government controls most aspects of people’s lives. Strong censorship with restrictions on what could be said or written.