The World of Communism

By: Wendy Yeung, Jacqueline

Ho,Emily Wong, Maggie Ji
 What is Communism?
 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
 It originated from the idea
proposed in Greece.

 The ideas on what they

wanted communism to
be.

 Who first came up with

the idea of communism?

 What they believed was

wrong and right.
 Industrial Revolution
1. Inventions of new
machines
2. Bought by
capitalists
3. Displaced former
workers
4. Difference
between classes
increases
 The Beliefs of Communism
 The rich get richer.
 The poor get poorer.
 People wanted to
make everything
equal.
 People never er
achieved the goal.
 The Goal of Communism
 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.
USSR and United States
 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
TheCold 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.

 The USSR successfully

planted communist
governments in
European and Asian
countries.

Strategic Arms Limitations Talks settled the problems.

 Hollywood Communism
 “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
 1755 - industrial
revolution
 1848 - Marx publishes
Communist Manifesto
 1920 - U.S. and Russia
become friends by
Communism
 1922 - The U.S.S.R.
forms
  1953 - Stalin dies
 1954 - U.S. Senate
condemns McCarthy

1972-1979- 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.

 The beginning of communism

through the Industrial
Revolution.

 U.S.S.R. goal to expand

communism through the
countries.