cold war Flashcards
Identify two differences between politics in Communist Russia and politics in democratic America?
The Soviet Union was a communist dictatorship, while the US was a capitalist democracy, State Atheism: The Soviet Union promoted state atheism, discouraging religious practices and institutions.
Identify two differences between the economy in Communist Russia and the economy in capitalist America?
Free Market Economy: The United States embraced a free-market economy, where supply and demand, rather than government planningCommand Economy: The Soviet Union operated a command economy, where the state made decisions about production targets, The USA had free agriculture while in the USSR it was ran by the goverment
What was Comecon?
Monitery aid to communist nations to help reover after WW2
What was NATO and when was it formed?
1949 It was a group of western countries who formed a military defence packed it was made beaocuse of the fear of the USSR
What was the Warsaw Pact and when was it formed?
1955 it was made to counter NATO and it was a group of eastern Europe and Asian countries that had a defence pact
Give two reasons why the USSR could be blamed for the start of the Cold War?
Occupying and placing communist governments in Eastern Europe. Breaking promises like ones made in yalta about holding free elections in ex germany occupation countries
When was Prague spring and who was it lead by?
Alaxander Dubchec 1968 he wanted socilisum with a human face but the USSR attacked Czech for doing it
When the The Hunngeryan revolution and who was it led by?
The rebbiol fist started in a protest led by students but it truned into a reoultion led by Nagaryi in 1956
Who mad a 6 hour speech in 1956?
Krushev made a 6 hour speech speaking against Stalins agendas and he talked about making reforms this gave people hope things would change and this is one of the reasons why the Hungarian revolution started.
What significant events happend under Brezhnev’s rule?
When and what was Solidarity in Poland?
In the 1980s, Solidarity was a anti-authoritarian social movement, using methods of civil resitance against the USSR it was led by Lech Wałęsa who won a nobal prize.
what was the The Berlin Wall?
The berlin wall seperated Berlin in to the western capitilist half and the Communst hal run by the USSR it was up from 1961 to 1989
what was the name of the border between
North and South Korea?
38th parrelel
When did the Korean war start and end?
June 1950- July 1953
Why did North Korea at south Korea in 1950?
They wanted to reunify Korea and beaocuse south Korea was capitalist
