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26 Cards in this Set
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what does the U.S fear?
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over a communist Russian dictatorship following WWII
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U.S weapons buildup...
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increase of military forces
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Persecution of the U.S citizens out of what?
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fear
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what happened in 1917?
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Alexander Kerensky led to 1st Russian Revoltion to take over the tzar
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what else happened in 1971?
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Vladamir Lenin led the 2th revolution-oust Kerensky
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What was the radical political party or Lenin called?
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the Bolshevicks
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What did Lenin create?
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he creats the first communist state-tried on a whole nation
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what was the official name on the nation Lenin created?
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U.S.S.R (Union of Soviet Socialist Republicans
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What was the largest group of states?
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Russia-none of the states were free
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What year did it end?
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1991
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What did Lenin create?
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a vicious, communist, totalitarian state
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Who was Lenins successor and what did he do?
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Stalin-killed millions of Russa who protested. he also sent some to prism in Siberia
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Was there free press? What did the government control? What did much of the world believe?
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no free press. the government controlled all media. much of the world believed Stalin was creating a perfect Russian state
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Who was Karl Marx
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19th Century thinker who developed the ideas of modern communism
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What did Karl Marx believe?
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under communism the wealth piles un in the hands of a few, who gain political power
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How do people work?
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they work hard and give product to the government who will distribute it. people are based on need-not work results
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what is a reason to work hard?
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human nature
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what happened in 1930?
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the depression. it caused many to beileve Marx. capitalism was doomed
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what happened to communism?
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communism failed. productivity was low, government distribution was not fair, productivity was low
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how was capitalism doing?
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capitalism was not doomed-free market brought cars, appliences, nice clothing, and TV's to the U.S
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Who was the ally of the U.S and Great Britian during WWII?
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Russia
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after the war, curchhill...
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spoke out against communism
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What happened when WWII eneded?
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allied armies moved through Europe, freed nations, helped to rebuild and left...except Russia
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When they refused to leave, how many countries did they stay in?
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10
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Who was the president? what did he write?
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Truman. he wrote the Truman Doctrine: U.S aid to any nation endangered by communism
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What did that begin?
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a 40 cold war
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