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What is Communism?
–An Economic system–Based around idea that resources and
wealth should be shared by all people • Takes idea of equality to extreme
–Was used by dictators to gain absolute power
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The Soviet Union
– One such dictator was Joseph Stalin of the Soviet Union.
– Stalin’s government was very oppressive and killed millions of people• The camps they used to
kill people were bigger than the Holocaust
– The government controlled all pieces of life
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Communism spreads in Europe
• After World War II (1945) many European countries are devastated.
• Stalin’s Soviet Union “helped” many of the countries in eastern Europe and northwest Asia by making them communist and part of the Soviet Union.
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Communism Spreads in Asia• In 1949, Mao Zedong,
established the People’s Republic of China– PRC was a Communist
country.• Many Southeast Asian
countries followed the example of China and began to switch to Communism– Korea, Vietman, and
Cambodia
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The Cold War
• The U.S. tries to contain the spread of Communism without going to war with Russia
• Cold War was mostly diplomacy and threats• Smaller wars in support of allies– Korean War– Vietnam War
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Communist Cuba• In 1959, Fidel Castro
became the Prime Minister of Cuba, after leading a rebellion so successfully overthrow a dictator– Suspended elections and
named himself “President for life”
• 1961, Castro declares that he (and the rest of Cuba) is becoming Communist
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Fleeing Communism– This spread of Communism was violent– Communist’s supports were working class and
they targeted people with higher education and wealth for violence • Khmer Rouge- Cambodia• Mao’s China
– These victims fled Communist countries, like China, Vietnam, Cambodia to the United States
– Fleeing was very dangerous because of militant nature of Communist supporters
– Refugees: a person who flees to a foreign country for safety, especially during a time of war
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A 35 foot fishing boat carrying 35 Vietnamese refugees, 1984. The people spent eight days at sea before being rescued by an US ship
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The temporary housing facility for Vietnamese refugees in California, May 1975.
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People coming from Cuba