Ideological Differences Between Superpowers

• 1.Britain and the USA were capitalist democracies; the USSR was a communist dictatorship.
• 2.Churchill was from an aristocratic family and believed in the British Empire.
• 3.Stalin had ruled the USSR since the 1920s and was convinced that the West wanted to destroy communism.
• 4.Truman was much more suspicious of the USSR than Roosevelt had been.
• What type of government did Britain and the USA have?

  Capitalist democracies
• What type of government did the USSR have?

  Communist dictatorship
• What was Churchill's belief regarding the British Empire?

  He believed in the British Empire
• From which background did Churchill come?

  Aristocratic family
• Since when had Stalin ruled the USSR?

  Since the 1924/8
• What was Stalin's belief about the West's intentions towards communism?

  He believed the West wanted to destroy communism
• How did Truman's view of the USSR differ from Roosevelt's?

  Truman was more suspicious of the USSR