Cold War Ideologies
East-West ideological gap
'Ideological' means 'beliefs'. Make sure that you know about the ideological gap between America and Russia, and that you are able to talk about its results/significance.
The Ideological ConflictOverview What you need here is to be able to remember the table from the Causes of the Cold War diagram:
Facts 1. Capitalism stands for business and profit. Communism stands for sharing the wealth - no one was unemployed in Communist Russia. 2. Democracy is where people vote for their government - the USA had two main parties (Democrats and Republicans), Britain had three (Conservative, Labour, Liberal). 3. Although Russia SAID it was a democracy, and had elections, it only allowed one party - the Communist Party
Results/significance
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Revision Focus This is a Paper 1 topic, so concentrate on learning: 1. WHAT happened 2. EFFECTS/ Importance LinksMini book on Causes of the Cold War deals with the general context
Essay on Why the
superpowers hated each other |
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