Chapter 28 – Europe and the Western Hemisphere since 1945 – Flashcards
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The policy known as Ostpolitik
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increased cultural, personal, and economic relations between West and East Germany.
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After 1946, higher education in Western Europe
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experienced an influx of students from the middle and lower classes.
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All of the following are correct about the consumer society except
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the number of blue collar workers increased after the 1960s.
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The new prime minister of Great Britain immediately after World War II, Clement Atlee,
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established the welfare state in Britain.
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As a result of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal, all of the following became part of a new pattern of American development except
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a wholehearted commitment to all aspects of the communist welfare state.
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Terrorism is often motivated by all of the following except
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a desire to invoke political, social, and religious pluralism.
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Demonstrations occurred on university campuses during the 1960s for all of the following reasons except
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grade inflation.
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The leader of the successful revolution in Cuba in December, 1958 was
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Fidel Castro.
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Which of the following statements is not a true depiction of Mexican development in recent decades?
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In 1996, Mexican peasants received net incomes equal to those of wealthy American farmers.
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Major developments in Latin America since 1955 have included
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an increase in the number of democratic regimes in the 1980s and 1990s.
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Which statement about permissiveness in Western society is accurate?
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Increased drug consumption became a part of modern permissiveness for many
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All of the following occurred between 1945 and 1960 except
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Richard Nixon ended the war in Vietnam.
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Thatcherism
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restricted union power.
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In the twentieth century, Western women have
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experienced a dramatic change in status.
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The European Community was primarily
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an economic union.
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The so-called "Americanization of the world" has resulted from all of the following influences except
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the bleak world-view of absurdist drama and literature.
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Canada
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has many citizens who believe the United States has excessive influence in Canadian politics and over the Canadian economy.
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The term "ethnic cleansing" is associated with the tragedy in which occurred in
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Bosnia, during the breakup of Yugoslavia.
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Existentialists believed that
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the world was absurd and without meaning.
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The substitution of traditional imports by increasing domestic industrial production in Latin America began to fail in the 1960s because
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domestic markets were too small and countries were unable to find enough foreign buyers.
