Read the following sections and complete the handout:

1. Read the following sections and complete the handout: Introduction: A Totalitarian State – page 733 Stalin in Power – pages 733-735 Communist System of Government – page 735 Stalin Successors – page 737 The Soviet Economy – pages 737-738 Introduction: Life Under Communism – page 738 Social Changes – pages 738-740 Economic Life – pages 740-741 Education – page 741 Family Life – page 742 Introduction: A New Russia Emerges – page 745

2. Communist Dictatorship Capitalist Democracy Versus Communist Countries: China, Vietnam, Cuba, North Korea, Soviet Union (in the past) Democratic Countries: United States, France, Great Britain, Australia Read pages 733-746. For each category, write a sentence that describes differences between a Democratic country and a Communist country like the Soviet Union Governments • ____________________________________________________________________________________ • ____________________________________________________________________________________ • ____________________________________________________________________________________ • Democratic governments are often divided into different branches that have checks and balances. • Political leaders are elected • You cannot be sent to prison without a trial and proper legal representation Economy • ____________________________________________________________________________________ • Private citizens own factories and farms and can make or grow whatever they choose. Factories and farms are very efficient. Personal Liberty • ____________________________________________________________________________________ • ____________________________________________________________________________________ • ____________________________________________________________________________________ • ____________________________________________________________________________________ • ____________________________________________________________________________________ • ____________________________________________________________________________________ • Religious freedom. You may choose to go to whatever church you wish. • Freedom of speech – You can criticize the government or president without being punished. This is your right. • Newspapers write whatever they wish • In Democratic countries, you may live wherever you wish and move whenever you choose • You may read whatever you choose. • You can work at whichever job you want or the one that pays you the most. • You must pay for health care • Gun ownership is allowed