The World of Communism
By: Wendy Yeung, Jacqueline
Ho,Emily Wong, Maggie Ji
What is Communism?
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Communism - a government where people
shared work fairly and were paid equally.
The word “Communism” comes from the Latin
word “Communis” which means common or
belonging to all.
Origin of Communism
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It originated from the idea
proposed in Greece.
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The ideas on what they
wanted communism to
be.
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Who first came up with
the idea of communism?
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What they believed was
wrong and right.
Industrial Revolution
Inventions of new
machines
2. Bought by
capitalists
3. Displaced former
workers
4. Difference
between classes
increases
1.
The Beliefs of Communism
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The rich get richer.
The poor get poorer.
People wanted to
make everything
equal.
People never er
achieved the goal.
The Goal of Communism
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Goal: to get rid of
social classes and
make everything
fair for everyone.
USSR
USSR stands for:
Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics.
 The USSR was
formed in
December 1922.
 USSR a.k.a. Russia.
 The USSR is a
Communist party.
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USSR and United States
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There was a friends
ship between Russia
and the U.S. that was
motivated by
struggle.
The relationship was
complex.
Communism opened
a path of friendship.
The Cold War
The
Cold War was the war between the
Soviet Union and the U.S.
 Harry S. Truman was
against communism.
 His goal was to support
countries in Europe and
to stop the spread of
communism.
 He had Organizations
like NATO and plans
like the Marshall Plan.
The Soviet Union
threatened
other countries.
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The USSR successfully
planted communist
governments in
European and Asian
countries.
Strategic Arms Limitations Talks settled the problems.
Hollywood Communism
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“My father was being hounded too. Because he had
defended the Hollywood 10 and taken on numerous loyalty
cases as well, he was labeled subversive. He was followed
relentlessly by the FBI, and our phones remained tapped.” -Patricia Bosworth
Hollywood
stars were accused to be communists.
They were blacklisted by studios.
Timeline
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1755 - industrial
revolution
1848 - Marx publishes
Communist Manifesto
1920 - U.S. and Russia
become friends by
Communism
1922 - The U.S.S.R.
forms
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1972-1979
1953 - Stalin dies
1954 - U.S. Senate
condemns McCarthy
- SALT I
and SALT II
The Cold War ends
5 Key Points
Communism is the government
when everything is distributed
equally.
 Dictatorship is the government
when a group or one person
has control over everyone.
 The Cold War is when there was
tension between the U.S and
the Soviet Union.
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The beginning of communism
through the Industrial
Revolution.
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U.S.S.R. goal to expand
communism through the
countries.