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Characterize the Roaring '20s.

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It was a brief period of stability and optimism, diplomacy eased, Germany even tried to adapt to the Treaty of Versailles' reparation payments; consumerism increased, women's organizations are starting to make changes; rural isolation went down

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What was the relationship between the Great Depression and political instability?

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The depression weakened Europe and the USA, which made the people angry and question their governments. In Germany, it was another cause for Hitler's rise to power.

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Define "totalitarianism".

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Government control over every aspect of public and private life (example: Russia)

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How did the Cold War affect Western Europe?

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Strong alliances were formed as countries chose between communism and capitalism. The economy also improved.

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Describe the internal politics of Western Europe after 1945.

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It was unstable. Middle Eastern countries formed new political parties.

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What is the "welfare state"?

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A concept of government in which the state plays a key role in the protection and promotion of the economic and social well-being of its citizens. It is based on the principles of equality of opportunity, equitable distribution of wealth, and public responsibility for those unable to avail themselves of the minimal provisions for a good life.

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How did the social structure of the West change in the period after World War II?

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Family life was emphasized, as was life in the suburbs

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Describe Western science and culture in the late 20th century.

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Focus shifted to the USA. Film, art, and science were major parts of life. Women's status and the family dynamic changed. The West was an advanced industrial society.

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Porfirio Diaz

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A dictator who dominated Mexico, permitted foriegn companies to develop natural resources and had allowed landowners to buy much of the countries land from poor peasants

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Francisco Madero

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Early leader in the Mexican Revolution; in 1911 became president of Mexico; wanted land ownership and free, honest elections, two years later he was murdered, led to power struggles

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Pancho Villa

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A popular leader during the Mexican Revolution of 1910. An outlaw in his youth, when the revolution started, he formed a cavalry army in the north of Mexico and fought for the rights of the landless in collaboration with Emiliano Zapata.

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Emiliano Zapata

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Leading figure in the Mexican Revolution, which lasted 10 years; 1910-1920; faught for farmers' rights; gathered army in southern Mexico and urged farmers to join; Liberation Army of the South

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Victoriano Herta

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Mexican military officer and president of mexico who was also leader of the violent revolution that took place in 1913. His rise to power caused many mexicans to cross the border as well as angering the united states who saw him as a dictator.

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Alvaro Obregon

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Took over Mexican presidency after Carranza. His presidency marked the end of the Mexican civil war and was the beginning of democratic reforms in Mexico

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Mexican Constitution of 1917

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Promised land and educational reform, limited foreign ownership, guaranteed rights for workers, and restricted clerical education and property ownership.

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Lazaro Cardenas

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President of Mexico (1934-1940). He brought major changes to Mexican life by distributing millions of acres of land to the peasants, bringing representatives of workers and farmers into the inner circles of politics, and nationalizing the oil industry

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PRI (Institutional Revolutionary Party)

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The political party introduced in 1929 in Mexico that helped to introduce democracy and maintain political stability for much of the 20th century

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Aleksander Kerensky

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Liberal revolutionary leader during the early stages of the Russian Revolution of 1917; attempted development of parliamentary rule but supported continuance of the war against Germany.

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Communist Party

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In 1924 the Bolsheviks renamed their party, created a constitution based on socialist and democratic principles, and organized a classless society

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Council of People's Commissars

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Government council composed of representatives from soviets across Russia and headed by Lenin; form of government initially established after November 1917

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Social Revolutionary Party

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Founded in 1901 by populist intelligentsia who wanted to elevate mir and peasant and avoid capitalism. They therefore advocated revolution and were proMarxism but thought that the peasants in Russia would be the revolutionary class and that it was possible to just by-pass the stage of bourgeois capitalism. They saw Pugachev as their hero. Very POPULIST in orientation - in fact the majority of Russians were still peasants - working on the land, not in industry

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Congress of Soviets

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Lenin's parliamentary institution based on soviets under Bolshevik domination; replaced the Social Revolutionary Party

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Red Army

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A Russian army that retaliated from Hitler's reign in the soviet union, in return they destroyed everything leaving nothing behind

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New Economic Policy (NEP)

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Set up by Lenin after his return, he temporarily put aside his plan for state-controlled economy. Small-scale capitalism. Allowed peasants to sell crops for profit, individuals to buy and sell goods, for the government to keep control of major industries, banks and means of communication, he also encouraged foreign investment

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USSR

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After the death of Lenin in 1924, the official name of the country became the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

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Supreme Soviets

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Governing council of USSR

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Comintern

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Was an international communist organization founded in March of 1919 by Lenin. They wanted to overthrow the international Bourgeoisie and create a socialist state

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Joseph Stalin

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Bolshevik revolutionary, head of the Soviet Communists after 1924, and dictator of the Soviet Union from 1928 to 1953. He led the Soviet Union with an iron fist, using Five-Year Plans to increase industrial production and terror to crush opposition

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Collectivization

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Creation of large, state-run farms rather than individual holdings; allowed more efficient control over peasants; part of Stalin's economic and political planning; often adopted in other Communist regimes

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Yuan Shikai

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Chinese general and first president of the Chinese Republic (1912-1916). He stood in the way of the democratic movement led by Sun Yat-sen

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Sun Yatsen

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Chinese physician and political leader who aimed to transform China with patriotic, democratic, and economically progressive reforms

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May Fourth Movement

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An anti-imperialist, cultural, and political movement growing out of student demonstrations in Beijing

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Li Dazhao

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Chinese intellectual who gave serious attention to Marxist philosophy; headed study circle at the University of Beijing; saw peasants as vanguard of revolutionary communism in China

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Mao Zedong

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(1893-1976) Leader of the Communist Party in China that overthrew Jiang Jieshi and the Nationalists. Established China as the People's Republic of China and ruled from 1949 until 1976

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Guomindang

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Chinese Nationalist party founded by Sun Yat-sen in 1919; drew support from local warlords and Chinese criminal underworld; initially forged alliance with Communists in 1924; dominated by Chiang Kai-shek after 1925

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Whampoa Military Academy

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Founded in 1924; military wing of the Guomindang; first head of the academy was Chiang Kai-shek

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Chiang Kai-shek

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General and leader of Nationalist China after 1925. Although he succeeded Sun Yat-sen as head of the Guomindang, he became a military dictator whose major goal was to crush the communist movement led by Mao Zedong

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Long March

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The 6,000-mile (9,600-kilometer) flight of Chinese Communists from southeastern to northwestern China. The Communists, led by Mao Zedong, were pursued by the Chinese army under orders from Chiang Kai-shek

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What were the causes leading to World War II?

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The Treaty of Versailles, economic depression, dictators, isolationism, pacifism, and a weak League of Nations

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Discuss the differences in the tactics of waging war in the two 20th-century world conflicts.

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WWI was more brutal because of the combination of new and old warfare tactics. WWII involved more war on civilians and newer technology.

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How were the diplomatic problems of WWII settled?

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Some were never settled, but others healed over time. Leaders focused on repairing and rebuilding Western Europe.

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What forces led to European loss of colonial dominance?

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Colonies learned that Europeans weren't as civilized as they claimed and wanted their freedom.

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What steps led to the partition of India in 1947?

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Religious differences and civil rights movements.

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Discuss the differing paths to independence in settler and non settler Africa.

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It was more difficult for settler colonies to obtain independence. European countries didn't want to lose their resources.

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Discuss the settlement of the issue of Palestine after WWI.

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There was conflict over resources and land between European countries and indigenous ethnic groups.

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Nazi Party

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German political party joined by Adolf Hitler, emphasizing nationalism, racism, and war. When Hitler became chancellor of Germany in 1933, the Nazi Party became the only legal party and an instrument of Hitler's absolute rule

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Blitzkreig

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"Lighting Wars" type of fast-moving warfare used by German forces against Poland in 1939

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Vichy

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French collaborationist government established in 1940 in southern France following defeat of French armies by the Germans

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Winston Churchill

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A noted British statesman who led Britain throughout most of World War II and along with Roosevelt planned many allied campaigns. He predicted an iron curtain that would separate Communist Europe from the rest of the West

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Battle of Britain

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An aerial battle fought in World War II in 1940 between the German Luftwaffe (air force), which carried out extensive bombing in Britain, and the British Royal Air Force, which offered successful resistance

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Siege of Stalingrad

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Turning point in Germany's assault on Soviet Union in 1942; despite massive losses, Russians successfully defended the city; over one-third of German army surrendered

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Holocaust

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A methodical plan orchestrated by Hitler to ensure German supremacy. It called for the elimination of Jews, non-conformists, homosexuals, non-Aryans, and mentally and physically disabled

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Battle of the Bulge

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December, 1944-January, 1945 - After recapturing France, the Allied advance became stalled along the German border. In the winter of 1944, Germany staged a massive counterattack in Belgium and Luxembourg which pushed a 30 mile "bulge" into the Allied lines. The Allies stopped the German advance and threw them back across the Rhine with heavy losses

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Pearl Harbor

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United States military base on Hawaii that was bombed by Japan, bringing the United States into World War II. Pearl Harbor was attacked on December 7, 1941

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Battle of the Coral Sea

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1942 World War II battle between American and Japanese aircraft

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Battle of Midway Island

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A naval and air battle fought in World War II in which planes from American aircraft carriers blunted another assault on Hawaii and did enough damage to halt the Japanese advance. Was a major turning point in the war against Japan

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Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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Nuclear attacks during World War II against the Empire of Japan by the United States of America at the order of U.S. President Harry S. Truman

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United Nations

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An international organization formed after WWII to promote international peace, security, and cooperation

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Teheran Conference

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December, 1943 - A meeting between FDR, Churchill and Stalin in Iran to discuss coordination of military efforts against Germany, they repeated the pledge made in the earlier Moscow Conference to create the United Nations after the war's conclusion to help ensure international peace

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Yalta Conference

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1945 Meeting with US president FDR, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and and Soviet Leader Stalin during WWII to plan for post-war

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Potsdam Conference

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July 26, 1945 - Allied leaders Truman, Stalin and Churchill met in Germany to set up zones of control and to inform the Japanese that if they refused to surrender at once, they would face total destruction

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Atlantic Charter

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1941-Pledge signed by US president FDR and British prime minister Winston Churchill not to acquire new territory as a result of WWII amd to work for peace after the war

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Quit India movement

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Mass civil disobedience campaign that began in the summer of 1942 to end British control of India

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Muslim League

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Organization formed by muslims in 1906 to protect their interests against British Rule

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Muhammad Ali Jinnah

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Indian Muslim politician who founded the state of Pakistan. A lawyer by training, he joined the All-India Muslim League in 1913. As leader of the League from the 1920s on, he negotiated with the British/INC for Muslim Political Rights

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Kwame Nkrumah

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Founder of Ghana's independence movement and Ghana's first president

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Land Freedom Army

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Radical organization for independence in Kenya; frustrated by failure of nonviolent means, initiated campaign of terror in 1952; referred to by British as the Mau Mau

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National Liberation Front (FLN)

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Radical nationalist movement in Algeria; launched sustained guerilla war against France in the 1950s; success of attacks led to independence of Algeria in 1958

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Jomo Kenyatta

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A nationalist leader who fought to end oppressive laws against Africans; later became the first Prime Minister of Kenya

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Secrete Army Organization (OAS)

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Algerian settler group opposed to independence from France; gained strength in France

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Afrikaner National Party

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Emerged as the majority party in the all-white South African legislature after 1948; advocated complete independence from Britain; favored a rigid system of racial segregation called apartheid

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Haganah

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Zionist military force that spearheaded Jewish resistance to the British presence in Palestine

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How did Soviet foreign policy change after 1945?

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the Comintern's loud propaganda against capitalism made western powers highly suspicious of the Soviet Union. The fact that Lenin and Stalin kept secret that their ultimate goal was to bring about world-wide revolution did not sit well with world powers

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How was Soviet economy and society similar to that of the West?

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Emphasis on trade, socialism mirrored some US policy. Also, religion was similar.

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Describe the cultural experience occurring in Western and Soviet-influenced societies during the late 20th century.

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In Western Europe, American influence made them westernized and more democratic. While in Eastern Europe, Soviets hurt their economy.

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Cold War

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Battle between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. between democracy and communism

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Eastern bloc

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Nations favorable to the Soviet Union in Eastern Europe during the cold war-particularly Poland, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Rumania, Hungary, and East Germany

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Harry Truman

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33rd President of the United States. Led the U.S. to victory in WWII making the ultimate decision to use atomic weapons for the first time. Shaped U.S. foreign policy regarding the Soviet Union after the war

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Iron curtain

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A political barrier that isolated the peoples of Eastern Europe after WWII, restricting their ability to travel outside the region

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Marshall Plan

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A United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe (1948-1952)

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NATO

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North Atlantic Treaty Organization; an alliance made to defend one another if they were attacked by any other country; US, England, France, Canada, Western European countries

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Warsaw Pact

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An alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern European nations. This was in response to the NATO

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Technocrat

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Strong believer in technology; technical expert

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Green movement

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Political movement and party that arose in several western European nations in the 1970's that opposed unfettered free market economies and unchecked industrial pollution

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Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan

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Conservative leaders of the 1970s; worked to cut welfare and to promote free enterprise

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European Union

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An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members

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New feminism

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New wave of women's rights agitation dating from 1949; emphasized more literal equality that would play down domestic roles and qualities for women; promoted specific reforms and redefinition of what it meant to be female

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Simone de Beauvoir

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French feminist who wrote the treatise titled " The Second Sex"

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Betty Friedan

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American feminist, activist and writer. Best known for starting the "Second Wave" of feminism through the writing of her book "The Feminine Mystique"

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Berlin Wall

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A fortified wall surrounding West Berlin, Germany, built in 1961 to prevent East German citizens from traveling to the West. Its demolition in 1989 symbolized the end of the Cold War. This wall was both a deterrent to individuals trying to escape and a symbol of repression to the free world

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Solidarity

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Polish trade union created in 1980 to protest working conditions and political repression. It began the nationalist opposition to communist rule that led in 1989 to the fall of communism in eastern Europe

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Socialist Realism

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Attempt within the USSR to relate formal culture to the masses in order to avoid the adoption of Western European cultural forms; begun under Joseph Stalin; fundamental method of Soviet fiction, art, and literary criticism

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Alexsandr Solzhenitsyn

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Russian author of works critical of the Soviet regime; included the trilogy on Siberian prison camps, the Gulag Archipelago

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Nikita Krushchev

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Leader of the Soviet union during the building of the Berlin Wall and the Cuban Missile Crisis. He and President Kennedy signed the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty in 1963, temporarily easing Cold War tensions.

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Sputnik

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First artificial Earth satellite, it was launched by Moscow in 1957 and sparked U.S. fears of Soviet dominance in technology and outer space. It led to the creation of NASA and the space race

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In what way was the Soviet Union different after 1985?

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The USSR faced massive economic difficulties and was also greatly interested in reducing the costly arms race with the US. President Ronald Reagan's policies of peaceful confrontation and arms buildups through much of his term prevented the USSR from cutting back its military spending as much as it might have liked

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Why did the Soviet Union disintegrate?

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It wasn't economically stable, and during a coup against Gorbachev, all the provinces of the USSR declared their independence.

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How has the concept of nationalism impacted the modern world map?

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Colonies aren't really relevant anymore. Most countries are formed over a common nationality, though some countries unite over a common ideology.

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What is the most important impact of the end of the Cold War?

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Economic costs, proxy wars had effects in those regions long after, nuclear arsenals and knowledge, and fear of nuclear war

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How has the role of the United States changed since the collapse of the Soviet Union?

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Mikhail Gorbachev

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Head of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991. His liberalization effort improved relations with the West, but he lost power after his reforms led to the collapse of Communist governments in eastern Europe

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Glasnost

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"Openness; called for increased transparency in government institutions and activities within the USSR; Mikhail Gorbachev. Usually paired with "Perestroika"

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Perestroika

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A policy initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev that involved restructuring of the social and economic status quo in communist Russia towards a market based economy and society

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Boris Yeltsin

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Was the first President of the Russian Federation from 1991 to 1999. The Yeltsin era was a traumatic period in Russian history—a period marked by widespread corruption, economic collapse, and enormous political and social problems. In June 1991 Yeltsin came to power on a wave of high expectations. On June 12 Yeltsin was elected president of the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic with 57% of the vote, becoming the first popularly elected president in Russian history. But Yeltsin never recovered his popularity after endorsing radical economic reforms in early 1992 which were widely blamed for devastating the living standards of most of the Russian population. By the time he left office, Yeltsin was a deeply unpopular figure in Russia, with an approval rating as low as two percent by some estimates

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Persian Gulf War

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(1990 - 1991) Conflict between Iraq and a coalition of countries led by the United States to remove Iraqi forces from Kuwait which they had invaded in hopes of controlling their oil supply. A very one sided war with the United States' coalition emerging victorious

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