karl marx wrote “communist manifesto” (1848) marxist = communist what is the root word of...
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Karl Marx wrote “Communist Manifesto” (1848)
Marxist = Communist What is the root word of
Communism?Does that sound bad?
Goal was to make everyone an equal classIMAGINE by John Lennon
Religion is considered a “social evil” Ironically North Korea
does allow some Christianity, and after much persecution, China has allowed some religion
No individual ownership All possession were taken
and divided up by the state
Your home belongs to the state, your body belongs to the state
Attempted to remove class system No rich, no poor – only middle
class The reality is there is a lot more
poverty and now the classes are based on statue and occupation instead of money
Only works if everyone supports it That will never be the case,
Propaganda – Advertisements of national pride
Censorship - Government control of media and travel
Fear – Secret police, Concentration (Gulags) camp, death
1914-1918 WWI (Great Depression)1917-1918
Bolshevik Revolution
Bolshevik = Communist Russia = Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.) 1917 - 1991
Vladimir Lenin – first communist leader of Soviet Russia – called the “Boss”
Joseph Stalin – second leader Responsible for killing 6 million Russians Placed Russian war heroes in Gulags – (Siberian concentration camps)
WWII was between: Allied Powers – Great
Britain, U.S., and U.S.S.R.
Axis Powers – (Nazi) Germany, Italy, and Japan
After the war USSR gains control of eastern Europe and the countries East Germany and West Germany were born
Winston Churchill
FDR
JosephStalin
Ironically we are better friends with the Axis Powers than the Allied Powers today
Battle of the Super Powers - Wealthiest and most powerful U.S.S.R and U.S.A. fear of have WWIII
(Nuclear World War) Arms Race - build up of weapons
USSR spies stole nuclear plans Containment – fight where
communism spreads (Korean War/Vietnam War)
Space Race USSR October 1957 launch Sputnik
and 1961 first man in space USA first on the moon 1969
Olympics Gold Medal count Miracle on Ice
1991 Communism Falls
1949 Communism overtakes China under Mao Zedong (chairman Mao) Chinese nationalist flee an
establish Taiwan 1957 Great Leap Forward –
converting China from farming to manufacturing Led to wide spread
starvation and brutality Over 45 million Chinese
were killed
1950 Communism moved into Korea US fought from
1950-1953 Cease fight agreed Demilitarized Zone
(DMZ) was established at the 38th Parallel (38⁰ Latitude) creating North and South Korea With no people, wildlife in
the DMZ has thrived
The Kim Jong’s
Sung
Un
Il
His dead body
is also on display if you’d like to see it
1959 Cuba become Communist Bay of Pigs
Vietnam War 1954-1975 US join in the
mid 60’s Vietnam was
fully Communist after the war
People fled west to prevent becoming apart of the Communist Bloc
To stop this emigration a barrier had to be created
Built 1961 and was torn down in 1989
The next decade the East would be an economic burden to the West
WEST GERMANYEAST
GERMANY
Celebration of East Berlin Wall being torn down
Nov. 9, 1989
WHY WAS THE WALL BUILT?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-9_uQx6IsQ
THE BERLIN WALL CONSTRUCTION 1961