The Cold War from 1945-1960s
On this test there will also be a matching section of dates and eras in Western
civilization. Please play the following two games to prepare for this section.
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From Cold War intro doc
1. Define the term Cold War
2. Define the “iron curtain”
3. Analyze why western and southern Europe were liberal and eastern Europe
communist
4. Describe the two competing visions and motivations of the USSR and USA at
the Potsdam conference
5. Determine the factors that led to the Truman Doctrine and describe its goals
6. Compare and contrast experiences of European countries that found
themselves as part of the American and Soviet empires, respectively, during
the Cold War
7. Identify why German found itself divided after WWII
8. Explain the significance of the Berlin Airlift
9. Explain the significance of the Berlin Wall
From economic renaissance reading (pg923-925) and in-class notes
10. Conclude why it was assumed after WWII that “states would do much more
economic management”
11. Define nationalizing / nationalization / public ownership of industry
12. Define “mixed” economies
13. Explain why and how the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) and
the European Economic Community (EEC or Common Market) represented
the beginning of greater European unity, which ever since 1991 takes the
form of the EU (European Union) that has a common currency (the Euro).
14. Identify the Treaty of Rome (1957) and its economic and political effects
15. Conclude why the combination of state management of the economy, the
welfare state, and European economic integration performed so well in the
1950s and 1960s
From the USSR after Stalin and decolonization doc and in-class notes
16. Specify the policies that made up the program of de-Stalinization under
Khrushchev
17. Contrast the works of and government reaction to Solzhenitsyn’s One Day in
the Life of Ivan Deinsovich versus Pasternak’s Doctor Zhivago.
18. Interpret why the Hungarian Revolt took place and why it was put down by
the USSR
19. Define decolonization
20. Analyze why decolonization took place
21. Analyze why decolonization resulted in more Cold War “hot spots”
22. Explain the significance of the Cuban missile crisis
23. Conclude whether existentialism is a new form of humanism
From the Consumerism_culture_rebellion doc
24. Define the “consumer society” and its relevance to post-war prosperity
25. Summarize the major emphasizes of the youth culture
26. Explain the significance of the papacies of John XXIII and Paul VI
27. Analyze the rationale behind the actions of students in Paris in 1968
From rebellion and repression in the eastern bloc doc
28. Contrast the domestic policies of Nikita Khrushchev and Leonid Brezhnev
29. Detail the Czechoslovak policy under Dubcek of “socialism with a human
face”
30. Explain the significance of the Brezhnev doctrine and compare and contrast
it with the Truman doctrine