Unit 8.4 - Spread of Communism
"All that communism shared was poverty"
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How did it spread
The USSR funded communist revolutions
- So more specifically, they found communist/soicalist movements around the globe
- Any that they found, they funded and gave aid
- If they succeeded then they would be put under USSR influence
Examples
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China
- Biggest player of communism today
- Stated in Chinese Civil War Against nationalists (Modern Day Taiwan)
- Eventually won with aid from USSR
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Communist Countries aided by China
- North Korea
- Borders China
- Heavy Chinese Influence
- Directly intervened in Korean war when they were about to loose
- Vietnam
- Also borders China
- Support from China during Vietnam War
- Chose USSR after Sino-Soviet split
- North Korea
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Cuba
- Overthrew previous government
- Solidified views after multiple failed assassination attempts by CIA (USA)
- Did the usual
- Land Reforms and redistribution
- Higher Wages
- Nationalization of foreign owned industry
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Egypt
- Not fully communist but socialist
- Did usual reforms and gain support from USSR
- Nationalized Suez Canal
- Invested into cotton industry
- Many policies provoked a war for the Suez canal