the home front – usa/ussr lesson starter: what were the main differences between the usa and ussr?
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The Home Front – USA/USSR
Lesson starter:What were the main differences between the USA and USSR?
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Today we will…
• Understand the key differences between the US and USSR
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• After WWII, the USSR had been destroyed by Nazi invasion
• USA lost soldiers but their mainland was largely untouched
• Today we will look at the problems that each of the superpowers had at home
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USA• Protests and strikes in car, steel and
manufacturing industries – workers wanted higher wages
• Inflation – prices rising quickly (12 eggs were 33cents in 1940, 72 cents in 1948)
• Unemployment – especially returning soldiers (black soldiers in particular)
• Racial discrimination widespread – protests etc
• Women unhappy – had worked during war years and now were expected to go back to being housewives
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Detroit 1940s
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USSR• 20 million Russian citizens dead after
WW2 (10% of population)• 2,000 cities and towns destroyed• Farms, factories, villages wrecked• Huge unemployment, homelessness and
starvation• Ruled by dictator Stalin (who was very old)• Opponents of Stalin ‘disappeared’• Secret Police - KGB• Ordinary people forbidden to travel
outside USSR or make contact with anyone outside
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BUT….compared to other nations they were in a better
position• Huge amounts of land• Huge populations &
workers• Valuable resources –
water, timber, petrol, iron, coal
• Invested in education –free in USSR, grants given to war veterans in USA
• Both rebuilt their economies (although very differently)
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• Both built up huge armies and navies• This was expensive but created jobs –
allowing economy to grow• Each nation developed their own
ideology• CAPITALISM/COMMUNISM• They both used propaganda to ‘prove’
to their people that their way was the best
What did they have in common?
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Task• Make a poster with one of the
following titles• ‘The American Way of Life’• ‘Life in the Soviet Union’
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Tasks1. Which superpower had the most
problems after WW2? Give reasons for your answer
4 marks
1. What did the USA and USSR have in common after the end of WW2? Give reasons for your answer
4 marks