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1
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usa capitalism political and economic system

A

democratic government
free speech
business and property privately owned

2
Q

Russian communist political and economic system

A

dictatorship
secret police spied on people
censorship
business owned and managed by government

3
Q

what term was used by Winston Churchill to describe the spreading of communism

A

iron curtain

4
Q

what other countries did Russia establish a communist government in

A

Poland, Bulgaria , Romania , hungary and czechslovakia

5
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what was the policy to stop the spread of communism

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containment

6
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what was the Truman doctrine

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the act took by president Truman to give financial aid to any country that rejects communism

7
Q

after stalins death who took charge of Russia
what the difference between him and stalin
and what was his policy

A

nikita kruschev
he was more moderate
peaceful coexistence

8
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arms race

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the race between the usa and ussr to develop stronger bombs

9
Q

why was the berlin wall built

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a meeting between john f kennedy and kruschev went badly kruschev built a wall to stop people fleeing to the west

10
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who came to power in cuba and what did they introduce

A

fidel castro and introduced communism, took over American companies

11
Q

where was the American backed attempt to overthrow Mussolini stopped

A

bay of pigs

12
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what did the americans ban with cuba

A

trade

13
Q

who did castro now turn to

A

kruschev

14
Q

what did the Russians agree to buy off cuba

A

sugar their main export

15
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why did kruschev plan to install misiles in cuba

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he was pleased to have an ally so close to America
soviets did not have as much missiles that could hit america as America had that could hit Russia they felt they could catch up with shorter missiles