the cold war
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Capitalism
Economic system based on private ownership of land a businesses
Communism
Economic system where the government controls land and businesses
Socialism
Government owns the major businesses and land people can still have private ownership
Bourgeoisie
The rich and middle own factories
Proletariat
The poor and working class factory workers
NATO(North Atlantic treaty organization)
Alliances between the US Canada and western European countries
Warsaw pact
Military corporation of eastern Europe with the Soviet Union
The Cold War
1941-1991 The global struggle for power and influence between the US and USSR
Fall of the Berlin wall 1989
Physical barrier dividing east and west symbolizing the end of Cold War
Dissolution of the Soviet Union 1991
Ending the world’s first communist superpower
Containment
US policy of fighting the spread of communism
Truman doctrine
Military and economic support to any nation fighting against communist takeover
Marshall plan
US plan to help Europe, recover and rebuild after World War II
Glasnost
Openness/transparency in government citizens openly criticize the government/communist party
Perestroika
Allowed limited private ownership and free market reforms
Should the US still use Cold War rules like containment to decide which countries should get American aid today
The United States should not use Cold War rules like Containment to decide which countries should receive American aid today. The world as a whole has changed very much and countries have different types of needs. One example is the Marshall plan the US plan to help European countries recover and rebuild after World War II. A second example is the Truman doctrine a military and economic support to any nation fighting against the communist takeover. This shows that Cold War rules like containment were for specific situations and problems during the Cold War which should not dictate whether or not a country should receive American aid today
Cold War
State of political hostility and ideological tension between the Eastern powers led by the United States and the Western led by the Soviet Union from 1947 to 1991.