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Mind Map by Andrew Burke, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Andrew Burke
almost 7 years ago
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Cold War US and USSR
ideological breakdown
- USSR
- Communist - all
industry owned
and run by the
state
- One-party dictatorship, even
with elections, all candidates
were Communist Party
members
- Economic
superpower due to
rapid industrial
growth in 1920s and
1930s
- Unemployment
and extreme
poverty rarer
than in the US
- Leaders wanted to spread the
communist model
- Rights of individuals not
important as the good of the
whole society
- USSR not led by communist
ideology of spreading
revolutions, rather pratical
decision-making
- USSR saw USA's actions as
selfish; focus on economic
gain and political influence
- Communist - all
industry owned
and run by the
state
- USA
- Capitalist - businesses and
properties are privately
owned
- Democracy - government
elected in free democratic
elections
- Wealthy capitalist country, with
extremes of great wealth and great
poverty
- Freedom from control of the
government was important for
citizens
- Americans believed their
way of life should be the
way for other countries
- People feared the
spread of communism
- Government policies seen as 'doing
the right thing'
- Capitalist - businesses and
properties are privately
owned
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