Provide a 6 pages analysis while answering the following question: Comparing and Contrasting the USA and the USSR. Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide. An abstract is required. Leaned more towards recognizing individual freedoms and improving relations between the government and its people, the Soviet government developed aggressive policies which it would then try to force on its Eastern European neighbors.

After the Second World War, there were even more deep-seated differences between the USSR and the USA. These differences were ideological, political, and cultural in nature. They would soon give way to a vast chasm between the economic capabilities of the USSR and the USA. In terms of ideology, the USSR and America believed in different kinds of governing systems. The United States embraced a governing system that allowed for political officials to be elected in free and fair elections. American citizens had the right to create political parties or give their opinions on political issues without fearing for their personal safety. The Soviet Union, which was governed by the Communist Party, did not allow dissension or the formation of other political parties (Yllmaz, 2008). The Soviet Union’s citizens could not openly express their political opinions- particularly if they went against the sentiments of the ruling communist party. In the Soviet Union, even elements of the press could not openly criticize the main ruling party or its policies.

Another area in which the two nations differed was in their financial systems. The USA embraced capitalism while the Soviet Union embraced communist policies in the running of the national economy. Communism and capitalism are essentially different in their approach towards different aspects such as politics or even economics. For example, in regards to communism, it is the community and not its citizens who have ownership of any natural resources or even processing and manufacturing equipment. Capitalism is different as it entrusts the ownership of natural resources to private individuals. Communism only allows for organizational profits to be equally distributed among the community.