The Cold War

Differences between Democracy and Communism

Communism Democracy

EconomicSystem

How leaders come into

power

Rights given to people

Socialist- Gov’t owns all

- No private property

- No competition

Capitalist- Gov’t

regulates some

but…- Private property

- Competition

Seizes power

No alternatives

Elected by ppl

Alternatives

No civil rightsStrict

control

Civil rights

Yalta Conference S.U suffers 25 million

casualties during WWII.

So… they want a buffer zone and the Yalta conference grants them the Baltic states but says you must keep free elections.

Stalin agrees at first but ends up enforcing communism and sending his red army to occupy the area

The Yalta Conference

Soviet Union takes

control of the Baltics

Germany is divided

into 4 sectionsSU to enter the

war against Japan

United Nations is formed

Decisions Effects

Domination over all of Eastern

EuropeWest Germany & East Germany are

formedConflicts in Korea & Vietnam ariseConflicts over

China’s membership

Nuremberg Trials:

http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/18/us/nazi-charge-philadelphia-man/

Local connection to war trials!

Truman and FDR FDR did not share

or trust Truman with necessary information like the Manhattan Project:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZFPio2PeQc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsBG34TSJJ4

Cold War Cartoons:

Bert the Turtle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKqXu-

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1. What was Bert’s message?

2. Why use a turtle?

3. We find it to be contrived but it was thought that this could be helpful to children? Agree or disagree? Why?