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Whats Communism?
Communism is a type of government where normal people share everything Instead, the government or the whole community owns these things. -
what is socialism
Socialism is when the government owns companies and divides wealth fairly among people. -
what is capitalism
By the 1800s a lot of countries followed a system called capitalism. people called capitalists owned property and some capitalists got rich but paid their workers very little. -
the Russian revolution
the Russian revolution of 1917 brought THE 1ST communist government into action. a leader named Vladimir Lenin made a political party to put Marx's ideas into practice. this party called the communist party made a country called the Soviet union. after WW2 ended in 1945 the Soviet union encouraged
many other countries in Europe to set up communist governments. the USA and its allies didn't like the idea of Communism therefore starting a cold war. Communists took control of China in 1949.