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COLD WAR
TERMS
UNITED STATES VS. SOVIET PERSPECTIVE
DEMOCRACY
DEMOCRACY
DEMOCRACY
AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE
SOVIET PERSPECTIVE
• Democracy is the
best…President to TV
programs
• Yet, African
Americans cannot
vote in the south until
the mid 60s
• Support governments
who favor US
business without
democratic
governments
• U.S. is hypocritical
• Cannot have
democracy and
capitalism at the
same time
• Economic system
should benefit
everyone
equally…few will
take advantage and
the rest will be
miserable
EQUALITY
EQUALITY
EQUALITY
AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE
• Opportunity, before
the law, conditions
• Opportunity and law
are necessary, but
conditions are not…it
undermines a
citizen’s work ethic
• Opportunity and law
were compromised by
racism and sexism
SOVIET PERSPECTIVE
• Condition is essential
• Society must share it’s
material wealth to
unsure no unfair
advantages
• Tried to provide
employment,
healthcare, and basic
necessities but true
equality was never
achieved
• Top party officials
always received the
best
CAPITALISM
CAPITALISM
CAPITALISM
AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE
SOVIET PERSPECTIVE
• Better yourself
through hard work and
individual initiative
• Evil economic system
• Competitive nature
allows for higher
quality for lower
prices
• Brings out the best in
people
• Losers should look to
winners for inspiration
• Breeds selfishness
and undermines
cooperation and
community
• Wanted workers of the
world to overthrow
capitalism
• Bring about an
economic and social
utopia
INDIVIDUALISM
INDIVIDUALISM
INDIVIDUALISM
AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE
SOVIET PERSPECTIVE
• Outcomes of
people’s lives can be
overcome by inner
fortitude
• Produces some
winners and many
losers
• Basic human nature
is individualistic,
competitive, and
acquisitive
• Each person has
incentive to improve
• People are not
endowed with the
same talents and
abilities, nor same
circumstances
COLLECTIVISM
COLLECTIVISM
COLLECTIVISM
AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE
• Violates basic
human nature
• Doomed for failure
• Violates rights of
individuals to own
private property
SOVIET PERSPECTIVE
• Cooperation and
caring are the
finest parts of
human nature
• Only way to create
fairness
SOCIALISM
SOCIALISM
SOCIALISM
AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE
• Threatens the right
to own and control
property
• Socialism inhibits
individual’s desire
and ability to
achieve betterment
for society
SOVIET PERSPECTIVE
• Response to evils
of capitalism
• Shared ownership
could protect
common people
from the
exploitation of
capitalist class
TOTALITARIANISM
TOTALITARIANISM
TOTALITARIANISM
AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE
• Equivalent to
dictatorship
• Threatens basic
freedoms
• Healthy society
comes from not
being afraid to
express your
opinions
SOVIET PERSPECTIVE
• Protecting the
interests of the
populace against
few people’s
selfish desires
requires that the
government exert
its power to quiet
dissent
FREEDOM
FREEDOM
FREEDOM
AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE
SOVIET PERSPECTIVE
• The core of a happy
and productive
society
• People are not free
unless they have a
fair share of
wealth that allows
them to live
beyond basic
needs
• “Give me liberty, or
give me death”
COLD WAR TERMS & QUOTES
INTERPRETED
ASSIGNMENT
Find two quotes that you are able to refute using
the others’ perspective.
• 1 quote from United States terms and refute
using the Soviet Union perspective.
• 1 quote from Soviet Union terms and refute using
the United States perspective.
INDIVIDUALISM
Belief that people working on their own to reach
their highest level of achievement produces the
best results for individuals and society.
“If you work hard and play by the rules you should be
given a chance to go as far as your God-given ability
will take you”
-Bill Clinton
Soviets would disagree with Bill Clinton because some are
not born with the same talents and abilities as others.
Sometimes circumstances that a person is born into doesn’t
allow for them to use their “God-given” abilities.