Topic+3+RAFT+14+What+are+the+Factors+that+contributed+to+the+Cold+War,+including+Soviet+expansion+in+Eastern+Europe+and+the+differences+between+democracy+and+communism.

Topic 3 RAFT 14 What are the factors that contributed to the Cold War, including Soviet expansion in Eastern Europe and the differences between democracy and communism:

The involvment in military struggles helped create tension between the two countries and led up to the Cold War.
Stalin was held responsible for starting the Cold War at the end of World War II.

Stalin was planning on taking over Eastern Europe and in the countries that the Red Army ** had power over **, communist dominated, took power, made sure that they controlled the army, set up a secret police force, and began to arrest their opponents.

the Soviet union sought to expand its security zone even further into North Korea, Central Asia, and the Middle East.

The difference between democracy and communism is that in a democracy you have a say in the the government such as how we can vote for a president in America. The communists goal was to spread communism and destroy democracy, and democratic governments wanted to contain communism creating a large conflict

Stalin secretly killed all of his enemies. This led to secret pacts and eventually lead to war.

The communist takeover in China was one factor that led to the Cold War by 1950.

During the Cold War, Germany was divided into four occupied zones, occupied by Great Britain, the Soviet Union, the U.S., and France.

The Cold War was the result of tension between communist and capitalist societies.

After Wold War II eight Eastern European countries were taken over by communists, this ended democracy in these countries.

Josef Stalin-dictator of the Soviet Union is responsible for starting the 'Cold War' at the end of World War Two. His territorial ambitions, brutal suppression of Poland (an allied power), and continued occupation and repression of Eastern Germany & other eastern European countries were the primary causes.

Josef Stalin Supposedly started The Cold War because he was being greedy over land and wanted to take land from Europe

The difference between democracy and communism is that in a democracy, you have a say in the the government even with a main person in charge and communism is when one person is in charge and no one else has a say.

When the Soviet Union began to expand into eastern Europe with its satellite states, this worried the democratic countries and caused the use of the Marshall Plan and the beginning of the Cold War.

Because of America's and Russia's problems between communism and capitalism, which are two opposite things, the Cold War happened. Communism is when the government believes that there shall not be any social classes like middle, high, or low.

The Soviet expansion was believed to be the reason for the Cold War, because after the second World War, Soviet power was spread through out Europe.

The Cold War mainly began because of the differences between the United States, democratic, and the Soviet Union, Communist.

The Soviets wiped out all the pre-war democratic leadership, the communist parties then began to move quickly to fill the political vacuum.

When Europe declined after the second world war the power was largely shared between the US and the Soviet Union, but only one wanted all of the power.

The Cold War which was a waging of powerful words between U.S.S.R and the U.S. also brought on blood shed in areas just outside of Russia.

When the U.S learned that the U.S.S.R (Russia) developed it's own nuclear weapons, Russia became a threat to the U.S.

The Cold War was the largest conflict between the USSR and the USA since WWII. It was about shifting power and the Western powers.