Why was position of the USSR stronger in negotiations with US & Britain at the Yalta Conference

Soviet army already occupied much of Eastern Europe.

The ultimate goal to coordinate coal and steel production in Europe in the 1950s was to

make war impossible by binding Coal & Steel together

Why was West Germany allowed to build an army after 1955?

to assist in defense of Europe from attack by Soviet Union.

After the Second World War, the Soviet Union

reestablished a harsh dictatorship

When did Jews in Palestine proclaim the state of Israel?

After the British withdrew from Palestine in 1948

What was the result of European states' cooperation to receive aid from the Marshall Plan?

The Organization for European Economic Cooperation

What did Nikita Khrushchev’s de-Stalinization campaign call for?

Communist Party to retain its monopoly on political power

How was the Tet Offensive, launched by the Vietcong in January 1968, perceived in the US?

As a sign that the war was not close to ending

What was socialist realism?

artists & writers idealize working class & USSR in art

result of Thatcher’s effort to encourage low- & moderate-income renters to buy apartments?

It created a new class of property owners.

The advancement in military weaponry and the space race

fostered a revolution in computer technology.

What was the outcome of the decolonization of the Belgian Congo?

Belgium quickly withdrew from the Congo

Why did Europeans find postcolonial migration troublesome?

immigrant workers won't adopt European values and customs.

The Bretton Woods agreement of 1944

linked western European currencies to the U.S. dollar.

Why did the Council of Europe fail to evolve into a European parliament with sovereign rights?

Britain didn't concede any political sovereignty to council.

How did the USSR &Eastern European Communist regimes treat displaced persons after the war?

politically unreliable b/c of exposure to W European society

The growth of the middle class in the postwar era has been attributed primarily to

increased demand for technologists and managers

How did Mao Zedong gain the support of the peasantry in China?

He promised to expropriate land from the large landowners.

How did USSR organize the Eastern European nations as it threw out pro-Nazi regimes

created coalition governments of leftist political parties

The Helsinki Accords of 1975 called for

respect for human rights & political boundaries

Why did Charles de Gaulle withdraw France from NATO?

viewed US as the main threat to French independence.

What was the policy of détente that Social Democrats in Europe pursued?

The reunification of East and West Germany

Which 6 W European countries formed the European Economic Community, or Common Market, in 1957?

France, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg,Italy, & W. Germany

What did the West German minister of the economy do in 1957 to foster economic growth?

He emphasized free-market capitalism.

Changes in the structure of European society after the WWII were primarily the result of

economic and technological transformation

How did US respond to decolonization movement in the first years after the Second World War?

encouraged European nations to let go of their colonies.

Khrushchev’s “secret speech” at the Twentieth Party Congress in 1956 was

a surprising attack on Stalin and his crimes.

Poland differed from the other Eastern Bloc states in the 1970s and 1980s because

of its independent agriculture and vigorous church.

What was the consequence of the agreement the Teheran Conference?

Only Soviet troops would liberate Eastern Europe.

What did Richard Nixon do following his election to the U.S. presidency in 1968?

Gradually reduced American involvement in the Vietnam War

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1
Why was position of the USSR stronger in negotiations with US & Britain at the Yalta Conference
USSR announced that it would not join a United Nations.
USSR developed tech required to detonate a nuclear warhead
USSR said it was not interested in fighting the Japanese.
Soviet army already occupied much of Eastern Europe.
2
The ultimate goal to coordinate coal and steel production in Europe in the 1950s was to
make war impossible by binding Coal & Steel together
rebuild the European economy.
reduce the influence of the United States.
create a single, competitive market in Europe.
3
decreased government spending on social services and privatization of state-run industries.
why are there so many "ism" terms in history?
socialism
neoliberalism
liberalism
4
Gov-run programs in Western Europe designed to recruit labor for booming postwar economy.
guest worker programs
Marshall Plan
neocolonialism
nonalignment
5
Why was West Germany allowed to build an army after 1955?
The rest of the world felt sorry for the German people
Germany had embraced democracy and abandoned militarism.
to assist in defense of Europe from attack by Soviet Union.
agreements preventing Germany to build army expired in 1955
6
After the Second World War, the Soviet Union
reintroduced Lenin’s New Economic Policy.
reestablished a harsh dictatorship
experienced a period of general freedom.
underwent a consumer revolution.
7
The liberalization of the post-Stalin Soviet Union led by reformer Nikita Khrushchev.
decolonization
Economic miracle
de-Stalinization
Warsaw Pact
8
Doctrine that held that the USSR had right to intervene in any East Bloc country
Brezhnev Doctrine
Truman Doctrine
perestroika
Ostpolitik
9
When did Jews in Palestine proclaim the state of Israel?
After United States proclaimed the Truman Doctrine in 1947
After the British withdrew from Palestine in 1948
After the U.S. Congress promised economic assistance in 1949
After Germany surrendered in May 1945
10
Who began the wave of social unrest that almost toppled Charles de Gaulle’s Fifth Republic?
Students
Civil servants
Soldiers
Workers
11
What was the result of European states' cooperation to receive aid from the Marshall Plan?
The World Bank
The Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
The Organization for European Economic Cooperation
The International Monetary Fund
12
What did Nikita Khrushchev’s de-Stalinization campaign call for?
The Communist Party to stop recruiting new members
Get rid of everything having to do w/ Stalin b/c he was BAD
Communist Party to retain its monopoly on political power
Communist Party to permit elections at the local levels
13
How was the Tet Offensive, launched by the Vietcong in January 1968, perceived in the US?
Soviet direction of Vietcong & N. Vietnamese war effort
sign that North Vietnamese were at the end of their tether
As a sign that the war was not close to ending
more U.S. troops needed to crush the Communist insurgency
14
What was socialist realism?
artists & writers idealize working class & USSR in art
building socialism would require hard work and sacrifice
conviction that communism would prevail over capitalism
writers & artists in West betrayed their artistic talents
15
postcolonial governments play both US & USSR for what they could get.
nonalignment
Truman Doctrine
Cold War
economic miracle
16
Who was the founder of the National Organization for Women?
Simone de Beauvoir
Betty Friedan
Phyllis Schlafly
Gloria Steinem
17
result of Thatcher’s effort to encourage low- & moderate-income renters to buy apartments?
It failed miserably.
It created a new class of property owners.
It led to destructive debt for poorer people.
It led to accusations that Thatcher was a socialist.
18
In the 1950s and 1960s, what became the basic objective of all Western European governments?
Political independence from U.S influence
Securing control over colonial lands
Prevention of Soviet expansion
Economic growth
19
peaceful overthrow of communism in Czechoslovakia
Velvet Revolution
Silly Rabbit, revolutions are never peaceful
Green Revolution
Cultural Revolutiion
20
The advancement in military weaponry and the space race
inspired a new literary genre called science fiction.
created a sense of the superiority of the United States.
fostered a revolution in computer technology.
established confidence in benefits of scientific discovery.
21
The international military tribunal was held in the city of
Nuremberg
Berlin
Munich
Weimar
22
combination of low growth and high inflation that led to a worldwide recession.
inflation
why do we always feel the need to inflate or deflate things?
deflation
stagflation
23
What was the outcome of the decolonization of the Belgian Congo?
Congolese army supported elected PM Patrice Lumumba.
The Congolese leaders took all lands and mineral wealth.
C.I.A. helped thwart military coup against Patrice Lumumba.
Belgium quickly withdrew from the Congo
24
According to the best estimates, about how many people died in the Second World War?
80 million
15 million
35 million
50 million
25
Center-right political parties that rose to power in Western Europe after the Second World War.
Christian Democrats
Can politicians be religious???....hhhmmmm
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Christian Republicans
26
Why did Europeans find postcolonial migration troublesome?
Immigrant workers taking jobs away from European workers.
large number of immigrant workers drove down property values
immigrant workers won't adopt European values and customs.
ethnic diversity threatened traditional European culture.
27
The Bretton Woods agreement of 1944
required all western nations to abandon the gold standard.
recommended that nations have balanced budgets.
encouraged countries to set relatively low tariff rates
linked western European currencies to the U.S. dollar.
28
Why did the Council of Europe fail to evolve into a European parliament with sovereign rights?
France withdrew from NATO
Britain didn't concede any political sovereignty to council.
recession of 1960s caused all member states to grow leery
USSR threatened W. Europe w/ nuclear bombs if it unified
29
How did the USSR &Eastern European Communist regimes treat displaced persons after the war?
additional burdens on already struggling societies
potential sources of support for unpopular regimes
politically unreliable b/c of exposure to W European society
conquering heroes to be celebrated and honored
30
The growth of the middle class in the postwar era has been attributed primarily to
the high birthrate among this class.
the strength of family-owned businesses.
increased opportunities for new businesses.
increased demand for technologists and managers
31
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, an anti-Soviet military alliance of Western governments
COMECON
Comic Con
Warsaw Pact
NATO
32
How did Mao Zedong gain the support of the peasantry in China?
rejected foreign aid to demonstrate independence
promised to provide all Chinese with guaranteed rice rations
He provided guaranteed price supports for rice.
He promised to expropriate land from the large landowners.
33
socialist accomplishments such as nationalized industry, collective agriculture, & welfare
developed socialism
perestroika
neoliberalism
glasnost
34
How did USSR organize the Eastern European nations as it threw out pro-Nazi regimes
gave power to national Communist parties in each region.
built independent governments that held free elections
created coalition governments of leftist political parties
est direct military rule by the Soviet army
35
The Helsinki Accords of 1975 called for
respect for human rights & political boundaries
the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons.
the reunification of Eastern and Western Europe.
US de-escalation in Vietnam
36
Economic restructuring & reform implemented by Premier Mikhail Gorbachev in the USSR in 1985.
glasnost
Ostpolitik
perestroika
detente
37
In 1954, Vietnam obtained independence from
Great Britain.
France
China
the United States.
38
Why did Charles de Gaulle withdraw France from NATO?
viewed US as the main threat to French independence.
wanted to develop a French nuclear program
rejected United States’ efforts to promote decolonization
sought to position France as main trading partner of USSR
39
Soviet-backed military alliance of Eastern European nations.
Glasnost
NATO
COMECON
Warsaw Pact
40
What was the policy of détente that Social Democrats in Europe pursued?
A progressive relaxation of Cold War tensions
The reunification of East and West Germany
A political unification of Europe into a single state
The creation of a Europe-wide free-trade zone
41
Which 6 W European countries formed the European Economic Community, or Common Market, in 1957?
Belgium,Netherlands, Luxembourg, Italy, W. Germany, & Spain
France, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg,Italy, & W. Germany
Britain, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Italy
France, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Italy, and Spain
42
What did the West German minister of the economy do in 1957 to foster economic growth?
He privatized major state-owned industries.
He emphasized free-market capitalism.
He adopted the French model of a mixed economy.
He dismantled the extensive social welfare network.
43
Changes in the structure of European society after the WWII were primarily the result of
economic and technological transformation
large-scale emigration.
rising birthrates among the lower classes.
political and social revolution.
44
Soviet premier Mikhail Gorbachev’s popular campaign for openness in government and the media.
perestroika
Ostpolitik
glasnost
detente
45
How did US respond to decolonization movement in the first years after the Second World War?
encouraged colonial rebellions as a way
encouraged European nations to let go of their colonies.
encouraged European powers to hold on to their empires t
sought to claim colonial lands that Europeans abandoned
46
Khrushchev’s “secret speech” at the Twentieth Party Congress in 1956 was
impassioned call to support Third World liberation movements
attack on crimes of Western capitalism in postwar period.
apology for mistakes made with the Hungarian Revolution.
a surprising attack on Stalin and his crimes.
47
American plan for providing economic aid to Western Europe to help it rebuild.
NATO
Warsaw Pact
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
48
postwar reversal of Europe’s overseas expansion
neocolonialism
decolonization
postcolonial migration
Can birds really fly or do they just glide?
49
Poland differed from the other Eastern Bloc states in the 1970s and 1980s because
of its independent agriculture and vigorous church.
of its refusal to borrow from the West.
its economy was managed effectively.
it retained an independent military.
50
What was the consequence of the agreement the Teheran Conference?
British-American armies would face the German military.
Only Soviet troops would liberate Eastern Europe.
US won't be able to supply the Soviet Union with needed arms
Britain would protect colonial land from Soviet influence.
51
What did Richard Nixon do following his election to the U.S. presidency in 1968?
Immediately withdrew American troops from Vietnam
Halted U.S. bombing of Vietnam
Gradually reduced American involvement in the Vietnam War
Increased the number of American troops in Vietnam
52
What was the result of breaking the Berlin blockade in 1948–49?
The formation of the Warsaw Pact
establishment of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
creation of 2 separate German states: W Germany & EGermany
The announcement of the Truman Doctrine
53
Following the failure of his program in the early 1980s, French president François Mitterrand
resigned
withdrew France from the Common Market.
was forced to introduce austerity measures.
failed to win reelection.
54
The progressive relaxation of Cold War tensions that emerged in the early 1970s.
postindustrial society
privatization
preindustrial society
stagflatiion
55
Society that relies on high-tech and service-oriented jobs
post apocalypse society
stagflation
postindustrial society
preindustrial society
56
What did the Marshall Plan accomplish?
prevented economic collapse in Western Europe.
demonstrated to Americans the futility of foreign aid
established foundations of socialist policies in Europe.
undermined ability of free-market capitalism in Europe.
57
Which position did Christian Democrats across Europe endorse during the 1950s?
Socialist economic policies
Nationalism
Soviet interests
The Cold War against the Soviet Union
58
The Marshall Plan in 1947 was a response to
the Czech Communists Stalinizing of the Czech government.
Soviet efforts to block access to West Berlin.
a Western Europe on the verge of economic collapse.
the North Korean invasion of South Korea.
59
Between 1981 and 1989, Ronald Reagan and the U.S. Congress
increased taxes on the wealthy.
cut defense spending.
cut taxes and ballooned the government deficit.
increased taxes and government-provided social services.
60
America’s policy geared to containing communism to those countries already under Soviet control
Roosevelt Corollary
Marshall Plan
Why was the Cold War Cold?
Truman Doctrine
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European Economic Community in 1957 as part of a larger search for European unity.
Postcolonial migration
socialist realism
Common Market
guest worker programs
62
Postwar refugees, former Nazi prisoners and forced laborers, and orphaned children.
Christian Democrats
immigrants
migrants
displaced persons
63
Why did Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich create such a sensation
the Soviet system had triumphed completely.
portrayed life in a Stalinist concentration camp.
It exposed the sordid activities of a petty criminal
showed how a Soviet official was tempted to misuse his power
64
organization of Communist states meant to help rebuild Eastern Europe under Soviet auspices.
Socialist Realism
Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (COMECON)
Detente
SALT
65
A 1960s counterculture movement that embraced updated forms of Marxism
Solidarity
New Left
New Right
Old Left
66
Independent Polish trade union that worked for workers’ rights and political reform
Second Vatican Council
Solidarity
OPEC
New Left
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The essence of Willy Brandt’s policies toward the Eastern Bloc was
reassert German claims to majority-German areas of E Europe.
establish German neutrality in the Cold War.
seek peace and reconciliation.
reduce the influence of NATO in Germany.

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