Wayzata West Middle School

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THE COLD WAR (1945-1990)
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THE COLD WAR

• competition for world power b/t the
• Soviet Union and the U.S.
• fighting for beliefs
• no direct fighting, but build-up of
• weapons

Vs.
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United States

• Democracy
• Capitalism economic system in which the
• means of production, distribution, and
  exchange are privately owned and operated
• Values freedom of individual
• and media

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Soviet Union

• Dictatorship with no or fixed elections
• Communism economic system where all property is
  owned by the community as a whole and people have
  equal status
• Controls society w/ censorship and secret police

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Containment Policy

• U.S. foreign policy that sought to prevent the
  spread of Soviet communism

George Kennan creator of the Containment policy
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Positives and Negatives of Each
CAPITALISM Positives Negatives
COMMUNISM Positives Negatives
CONTAINMENT Positives Negatives