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Title: The Cold War, Communism vs Capitalism notes
Description: Year 10 level of history notes explaining WW2 and Australia's Involvement.
Description: Year 10 level of history notes explaining WW2 and Australia's Involvement.
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The Cold War: Communism versus Capitalism
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In 1917, Russia became the first communist nation ever
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During WW2, despite being communist, the USSR was our ally against Germany and Hitler
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After WW2, the Russians, British, French and Americans couldn’t all agree on how to cooperate or
what to do with Germany
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Most ‘western’ countries
are capitalist (western Europe, America, Australia etc)
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COMMUNISM = a type of economy where businesses are run by the government (no private
ownership)
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Russia had a communist economy and political system
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CAPITALISM =a type of economy in a society where businesses are privately owned and run for profit
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o Capitalist countries mostly have a democratic government like Australia, Britain, USA
o Modern China is an example of a communist government with a capitalist economy
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It involved competitive
developments such as the arms race (weapons), and space race (space/science)
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The Cold War featured several ‘hot’ wars: battles fought between the superpowers and their allies to
protect their own interests and save their own political systems
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Korean War, Malayan Emergency, Vietnam War are all examples of hot wars during the Cold
War era
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The Cold War began after WW2 (1945) in the ‘post war era’ when USA and USSR couldn’t come to a
post war agreement for relations
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o The Berlin Wall which separated communist East Germany and Europe from capitalist West
Germany and Europe was broken down in 1989
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The
Russian Federation was independent nation with other ‘new’ nations emerging from the USSR
such as Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Kazakhstan etc
Title: The Cold War, Communism vs Capitalism notes
Description: Year 10 level of history notes explaining WW2 and Australia's Involvement.
Description: Year 10 level of history notes explaining WW2 and Australia's Involvement.