Unit 8.1 - Context & Decolonization
"Empires fall eventually"
Creation Date:
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RED & BLUE
Similarities
Superpowers
⚡2 of the most powerful nations ☢️ Large Nuclear Stock Pile
No direct conflict
Differences
USA | USSR |
|---|---|
| Capitalist | Communist |
| Democratic | Autocracy |
| Private Ownership (owned by individuals) | Shared Ownership (owned by state) |
| Multiple Party System | Single Party System |
| Free Speech | Suppressed Speech |
| The Nation I live in | Collapsed Nation |
Rise
USA
- Wartime production during WW2
- Shift from producing wartime materials to domestic items
- Strong economy after WW2
USSR
- Used Command Economy to recover
- Heavy Industry
- Used authoritarian practices to guide country
Expansion
USA
Free Elections
- All countries freed will be given free elections according
- Most voted in governments in favor of the allies Marshal Plan
- Give a huge amount of aid to European nations
- Available to everyone
USSR
Election Rigging
- Took advantage of free elections and rigged them
- Used secret police to undermine opponent
- Happened mostly in countries liberated by USSR Overthrows
- Funded communists in other countries
- Supported violent revolution Economic
- Prevent nations in sphere of influence to gain US aid
- Instead used their own program around communist policies