Bell Ringer
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Take out a new sheet of paper for Bell
Ringers.
Write down everything you know about
Communism, and be prepared to discuss
your answers.
Communism
What is communism?
• Economic system.
• Believes in collective (group) ownership
and a planned economy.
• The theory is that everybody pools their
resources and labor to evenly distribute
everything.
• Karl Marx is “the” communist.
Marxism
• Marx and Engels
studied the
history of the
world’s
economies
Capitalism
Feudalism
Basic
Communism
Socialism
Communism
!!!!
•They
believed they
discovered
an inevitable
pattern
Communist Manifesto
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3.
4.
Abolition of property
Heavy, progressive taxes
Abolition of inheritance
Confiscation of property
of all emigrants and
rebels
5. Central banking
6. State-controlled
communication and
transportation
7. State-controlled
education of the children
Communism
• Capitalists will put up a fight but the will of
the people will always win.
• Everyone now works together, war
eliminated, and armies are obsolete.
• Everything is provided by the people so $
becomes a thing of the past.
• All human activity goes towards benefiting
each other-allowing all to live their lives to
the fullest.
What’s good about communism?
• Security, basic needs met.
• Everyone would have a job, house, health
care, etc.
What’s bad about communism?
• Lack of choice
• No reward for being a better worker or
punishment for being a slacker.
• Everyone expected to be the same.
Unit 5 Timeline
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Yalta Conference
Creation of
UN
Marshall Plan Start
Truman Doctrine
Churchill’s Iron
Curtain Speech
End of WWII
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