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Cold War (vs. Hot War) |
- USA vs. USSR - clash between different beliefs and ideology - capitalism vs. communism - Hot War (actual warfare, armies fighting) -Warm War ( talks are still going around, maybe peaceful agreement) - Cold War (describe the relationship, 1945-1980) |
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Ideology |
-A system of ideas and ideals, especially one that forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy |
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Capitalism |
- An economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by state |
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Democracy |
- A system of government in which power is vested in the people, who rule either directly or through freely elected presentatives |
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Communism |
- A social, political, and economic ideology and movement whose ultimate goal is the establishment of the communist society, which is a socioeconomic order structured upon the common ownership of the means of production and the absence of social classes, money, and the state. |
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Marxism-Leninism |
-Adaptation of Marxism by Vladimir Lenin - A political philosophy or worldview founded on the ideas of Marxism and Leninism and seeks to establish socialist states and develop them further |
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USSR |
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republicans - A Marxist-Leninist state - 1922-1991 - A one-party state, governed by the Communist Party with Moscow as its capital - Vladimir Lenin |
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Atlantic Charter |
- A joint declaration released by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (August 14, 1941) - Defined the Allies goals for the post-war world - No territorial aggrandizement -No territorial changes made against the wishes of the people -self determination / restoration of self-gov. to those deprived of it -reduction of trade restrictions / better economic and social conditions - freedom of fear, want, and of the seas |
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Yalta Conference |
-February 1945 - Second wartime meeting of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin and U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt - Agreed to demand Germany's unconditional surrender and began plans for a post-war world |
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Potsdam |
- July 17 to August 2, 1945 - Joseph Stalin (USSR), Winston Churchill (Replaced by Clement Attlee, England), and Harry Truman (U.S.) Terms for end of war, the surrender of Germany to determine to postwar borders in Europe -Germany surrendered on May 8, 1945 |
