origins of the cold war
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- Created on: 04-06-18 18:57
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- Origins of the Cold War
- Origins and early tensions between East and West
- a conflict between the USSR and the USA where fighting was with words and spies through other countries
- no open fighting
- huge stores of nuclear weapons were built up to prevent the other side from attacking
- differences in what they want
- USSR
- want Eastern Europe to provide them with raw materials
- to protect them from possible future attacks from Western Europe
- USA
- want everyone in Europe to have the same rights and freedoms
- want Europe to support them and become allies
- USSR
- Why did the Cold war start?
- tension between the USSR and USA in 1945
- USA = capitalists
- different political views
- during the civil war with Russia, USA supported USSR's enemies
- USA = communists
- tension between the USSR and USA in 1945
- Early tensions
- Grand Alliance
- Winston Churchill's nickname for the alliance against the Nazis between USSR, USA and Britain
- differences between leaders
- significant factor in the breakdown of relations a WW2 ended
- reinforces suspsicon
- Grand Alliance
- differences between the USSR and USA + Britain
- USSR
- social structure = classes society and everyone is equal
- political = single-party rule
- economy = all property owned by the state not individuals
- Rights = Rights of workers is more important that individual rights
- USA + Britain
- economy = private ownership and a competitive workplace
- Rights = valued but limited by majority option and individual freedoms
- social structure = some people have more power than others - class based society
- political = free elections with a choice of parties
- USSR
- Origins and early tensions between East and West
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