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Russian Empire
There was a king who only helped the rich. He was a tyrant, and starved the poor -
Russian Revolution
Poor Russian citizens revolt against the king of the russian empire. they were revolting because they accused him of being a tyrant. -
Russian Civil war
Two groups the Reds (Communist) and Whites (Capitalist) started a civil war in russia. Vladimir lenin and the reds won the civil war. After the Lenin Gave a speech outline that cannot disagree with the leader. -
World War II
The Soviets joined World War II Late after the Nazi invasion. They helped push back the Nazis and won with the allies after they dropped the atomic bomb. after that the allies gave the soviet union land which was called the iron curtain. The iron curtain is the land that helped protect the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union was supposed to hold fair elections but they just made the country all communist. This made some tension between the Soviet Union and the rest of the allies. -
Start of the cold war
The cold war started because of the tension between the US and the Soviet Union. The tension became emens when the soviets created their own atomic bomb. Also the US wanted less communism through the soviets wanted more communism. -
Iron Curtain was Formed
The Iron curtain is the country that protected the soviet union -
Red scare
The red scare is when the americans thought everyone was a communist. Why this happened was because they were not educated on what communism was. -
Vietnam war
The Vietnam war started when the viet con rebelled against their government by force and wanted to be communist. But the rest of the country was held by france who wanted for it to be capitalist and so did the southern people. -
Space race
The space race was between the US and the Soviet Union. There were many great feats in this race. One of the main focuses was capitalism vs communism. -
Cuban missile Crisis
The soviet union and cuba placed atomic bombs and were pointed at the usa. The us decide to blockade cuba but that didn't work so we negotiated with the soviet union and they removed the atomic bombs. -
Fall of the Soviet Union
The Fall of the Soviet Union was due to the economy. The Soviet Union economy collapsed due to military spending, not enough freedom for citizens, government was too strong, states left, new leader, new ideas against the government, not enough money, and Could not stay modern.