events of the cold war
The US and USSR were competing to build more nuclear weapons than the other
what was the Arms Race?
An economic system based on private property and free enterprise.
What was Capitalism?
The political belief that all people are equal, that there should be no private ownership and that workers should control the means of producing things.
What is Communism?
Who was Karl Marx?
The US believed that if one country fell to capitalism, they all would.
What was Domino Theory?
A group of revolutionary Russian Marxists who took control of Russia's government in November 1917
What is Bolshevik?
The American policy to prevent Communism from spreading
What was Containment?
The imaginary line that divided the Western European countries from the Eastern European countries
what is the Iron curtain
The goal of these were to encourage rapid industrialization amongst the USSR.
What were Stalin's Five-Year Plans?
Some of the causes were heavy military losses in WWI, food and fuel shortages, and opposition to the czar.
What led to the Russian Revolution?