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Disintegration BetweenDemocracy and Communism

Irene F. MendozaIII-16 BSE History


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Guess who???


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Disintegration between democracy and

communism

Disintegration

to break or decompose into constituentelements, parts, or small particles

to destroy the unity or integrity of


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DEMOCRACY COMMUNISMSystem of government is

democraticProperty is privately owned

Driven by free enterprise

Wealth distributed unevenly

Education and health careprovided by private entities

Freedom of the press

Class distinctions: upper

class, middle class and

working class

Focus is on the individual

and his/her own progress in

life

System of government is

totalitarianProperty is owned by the state

No free enterprise is allowed

Wealth distributed equally

Education and health careprovided by the state

Press controlled and owned

by the state

Classless society: all

members of society areconsidered to be equal

Focus is on the progress of

the community as a whole


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DEMOCRACY COMMUNISMPeople need freedom

When people compete against

one another, they achieve greater

things

Some people have more than

others because they make betteruse of their abilities

Governments should not interfere

with the rights of individuals to make

their own living

The government should interfere

in the economy as little as possible

People need one another

When people work together as

equals, they achieve greater things

No-one should have more than

anyone else - everybody's needsare equally important

Governments should make sure

that everyone's needs are being met

There is central control of the

economy


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1949

Much of Eastern Europe effectively becomes an extension of a massively

expanded Soviet Empire. The Soviet Bloc also creates a buffer zone

between the USSR and the rest of the Western Europe.


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1957 - Western Europe consolidates politically and economically.The European Economic Community is created in 1957 - the

precursor to the European Union.


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1973-1986 The European Community continues toincrease in economic power and size, as Denmark, the

UK and Ireland join in 1973,


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The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 is the high point of dismantling the post-wardivisions.


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Poland

Solidaritya combined tradeunion and nationalist

movementput pressure on

the crumbling rule of the

Communist Party.

The Polish government

legalized the previously banned

Solidarity movement and

agreed to multiparty elections

in 1989 and 1990.Lech Walesa


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GERMANY

On the night of

November 9, 1989, the

Berlin Wall came

down.

In 1990 the two

Germanies, originally

divided by the cold

war, formed a united

nation.Erich Honecker


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Hungary

Hungarians tore down the Soviet-style

political system during 1988 and 1989.

In 1990 they held free elections and

launched their nation on the rocky path

toward democracy and a market economy.


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Romania

In Romania, the

communist regime of

hardliner Nicolae

Ceausescu wasoverthrown by popular

protest and force of

arms in December

1989.

Nicolae Ceausescu


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Czechoslovakia

Czechs and Slovaks took to thestreets to demand political

reforms in Czechoslovakia.

Leading the demonstrations in

Prague was dissident playwrightVaclav Havel.

The Communist Party of

Czechoslovakia quietly and

peacefully transferred rule to

Havel and the Czechoslovak

reformers in what was later

dubbed the "Velvet Revolution. Vaclav Havel


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Velvet Revolution


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Bulgaria

In Bulgaria popular unrestforced Todor Zhivkov (1911

1998), eastern Europe's

longest-surviving communist

dictator, to resign in

November 1989.

Two months later a nationalassembly began dismantling

the communist state. Todor Zhivkov

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1991 -The number of newly independent countries in Europeincreases further, as Yugoslavia collapses in 1991. Croatia,

Slovenia, Bosnia and Macedonia are added to the map of Europe.


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1992 - By the end of 1992, Czechoslovakia splits in twoas tensions mount between Czechs and Slovaks.

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The Five Remaining Communist Countries inthe World

1. China

Mao Zedong took control over China in 1949 and proclaimed China as the

People's Republic of China, a communist country. China has remainedconsistently communist since 1949 although economic reforms have been

in place for several years. China has been called "Red China" due to the

communist party's control over the country.
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A revolution in 1959 led to the taking over of the Cuban

government by Fidel Castro. By 1961, Cuba became a

fully communist country and developed close ties to the

Soviet Union.

2. Cuba
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Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic,

became a communist country in 1975 following a

revolution that was supported by Vietnam and the

Soviet Union.

3. Laos
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Korea, which was captured by Japan in World War II, was

divided following the war into a Soviet north and Americansouth. Despite being led by the USSR beginning in 1945,

North Korea did not become a communist country until

1948

4. North Korea
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Vietnam was partitioned at a 1954 conference that followed the First

Indochina War. While the partition was supposed to be temporary, North

Vietnam became communist and supported by the Soviet Union while SouthVietnam was democratic and supported by the United States. Following two

decades of war, the two parts of Vietnam were unified and in 1976, Vietnam

as a unified country became a communist country.

5. Vietnam

R f t C it li
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References to Capitalism

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References to Communism

References to Socialism


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References to Socialism


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