Outline Cold War

Tues April 1st 2003


Preliminary Research Factsheet
Which Side Was Responsible For The Cold War ?

Causes:
· Difference in political systems.
America's:
Political system based on:
-Democratic (People could vote for different political parties)
-Capitalism (Business and property could be owned by private individuals)
-Freedom (Individual rights were granted to the people)
Russia's:
Political system based on:
-Dictatorship (People could only vote for communist parties)
-Communist (Business owned and managed by the government)
-Control (The State was more important than that of the individual, so individuals lives were controlled)
• Post World War II Conflicts.
-The ending of the Alliance (Britain, The United States of America, The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
led to an extreme conflict between non-communist and communist nations)
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