Ideological differences 1. Political differences a. USSR - marxist Leninism i. single party state represents true democracy b/c it ensures that the proletariat (majority) is in power ii. criticizes US for allows minority to override majority by using $$ and manipulation of the media b. US - democratic capitalism i. multiparty state with meaningful elections ii. criticizes USSR- restricts rights & competing ideologies 2. Economic differences a. USSR - command economy i. no private ownership for
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of the USSR the Soviet leaders repressed people’s free speech and limited what art could be made or distributed in Russia. Most media involved propaganda for the government and against western culture. This censorship later diminished with Nikita Khrushchev’s policies as ruler‚ but when Khrushchev left office his reforms were ended by Leonid Brezhnev and the country regressed. This conformist and conservative government continued until Mikhail Gorbachev’s positions as president. If the USSR had never
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What is the theory of this “ism”? (small paragraph in your own words) In a totalitarian government the state sees no limits to its power and grasps over its people. They strive to regulate every part of the public and media. The government usually stays in power through an all-encompassing propaganda campaign that fools the citizens of their country through the media. The governing group/leader regulates the freedom of speech and opinions through widespread terror. What is a real-life example of
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a need to verify them. Several tests have been conducted to proof their reliability[7]. The most important were the GDCS Integral System Test(GIST) the qualification test of GDCS in a full-height‚ scaled volume test facility[1] and the PCCS and containment performance test‚ done in a low pressure‚ full height model in PANDA facility[7]. Both tests proven the concepts of these passive safety systems. b) Core damage frequency Thanks to the safety systems used in ESBWR the core damage frequency 1.7 x
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War could be considered part of the U.S. policy of containment. Write a clear‚ well-organized essay of two paragraphs explaining how the U.S. policy of containment affected the one major aspect of the Cold War you chose. The first sentence of the first paragraph will be the thesis statement and should name the aspect of the Cold War and state whether or not the events related to it could be considered part of the U.S. policy of containment. For example: The U.S. response to the Korean War can/cannot
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The Truman Doctrine‚ the Marshall Plan‚ NATO‚ support for Chiang Kai-shek in China‚ and the American response to the North Korean invasion were all based on the foreign policy of containment in hopes that the United States could create a way to eliminate the threat of anymore Soviet expansion. The Truman Doctrine was a way for the United States to give aid to those who who were trying to stop the damage that the Soviets were causing. The Truman Doctrine was the main contributing factor to why the
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The break-up of the Soviet Union (USSR) occurred in 1991 after the resignation of Mikhail Gorbachev and the various Republics declaring independence. The term “break-up” can be unpacked to entail the unpopularity of the leadership within the party and Politburo‚ which led to the attempted August Coup of 1991 by the more conservative elements of the Politburo who were unhappy with Gorbachev’s reforms; the unpopularity of the leadership within the people‚ which led to Boris Yeltsin getting elected
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depicting rival interests of groups with distinct memberships. The Cold War was a rivalry that heavily emphasized the competition between America’s capitalism and Russia’s communism. After WWII‚ the major superpowers afterwards were America and the USSR and it would make sense that after their truce‚ they would begin to compete against one another for world dominance. Competing in different areas‚ each country’s economic ideals shaped their competition with one another in achieving military and economic
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1914 to Present 1914–Present Major Developments I. Questions of periodization A. Continuities and breaks 1. Most tumultuous eras in world history a. “age of extremes” 1. Tons of democracies vs. extremist dictatorships 2. Unprecedented prosperity vs. total poverty – income gap widens b. 1914 clearest demarcation line 1. After war‚ nations fight everywhere for power and territory 2. Empires weakened‚ monarchies toppled‚ new nations rose 3. Last 100 years
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The Similarities Between 1984 and the USSR The book 1984 was written by George Orwell in 1949. This was during the time of the Cold War‚ when tensions were high between the United States the Soviet Union‚ and that served as the inspiration for the book because many of the situations in the book were common in the USSR (Hitchens XI). The book was set in England‚ but the name of the country is changed to Oceania in the book‚ in order to show that the threat of totalitarian danger is possible everywhere
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