WW Chapter 22

This chapter focused its' ideas on communism. Communism played a very big role in our history, where communism is a type of social structure in which classes are abolished and property is commonly controlled. A communist society involves the idea that the people own the means of production, is a "planned economy," is based on a voucher system and a society in which the ultimate goal is equality (equal rights and opportunity).

Communism's high point was in the 1970's where almost one-third of the world's population lived in societies governed by communist regimes, with the most significant countries being the Soviet Union, the world's largest country in size, and China, the world's largest country in population. Within the spread of communism also introduced the idea of "communist feminism," where communist countries pioneered forms of women's liberation. In the Soviet Union, the new communist government issued laws and decrees regarding women, such as declaring full legal and political equality for women, divorce was legalized and made easier, illegitimacy was abolished, women no longer had to take their husband's surname, and pregnancy leave for employed women was mandated.

Communism played a very big role in our history that helped to develop our nation today.