The ussr and west Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

Tehran Conference - ANSWER-1943 Big 3-WC, FDR, JS: disagree on German reparations, idea of the UN USSR to wage war on Japan after Gmy Percentages Agreement Yalta Conference - ANSWER-1945 BIg 3, divide up gmy(+Berlin), eastern Europe as "sphere of influence" (Stalin wanted Poland "for protection"), disagreements of ideology Potsdam Conference - ANSWER-1945 Truman, Stalin, Atlee- future of Germany (4 zones, demilitarised, ban Nazis, democracy), most reparations to USSR (20 mil Russians...

AMSCO AP World 8.2 The Cold WarUnited Nations (UN) - correct answers an organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security Iron Curtain - correct answers Winston Churchill's term for the Cold War division between the Soviet-dominated East and the U.S.-dominated West. satellite countries - correct answers small states that are economically or politically dependent on a larger, more powerful state containment - correct answers American policy of...

Post war economic issues G.I.s finding jobs and housing, fears of economic problems, but war had increased income, everyone had savings accounts & war bonds 1946 Congressional Elections "Had enough?" Repubs win House and Senate. Robert Taft leads Repubs. Taft-Hartley Act to check union power. outlaws closed shop, lets states pass right-to-work (no union requirement), outlaws other unions joining boycotts, president has power to invoke 80 day cool-off period before strikes. ...

FTCE Elementary Education k-6 Social Science Exam Questions And Answers ( Verified And Updated ) Columbus landing in the New World - () - answerBelieved earth was a sphere. 4 voyages in effort to find a route to the east. Discovered Bahamas, Hispaniola, Cuba, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Central/South America. Opened western hemisphere to economic and political development by Europeans (Spanish, English, French). French and Indian War () - answerAn extension of European 7 years war. Bat...

MTTC Social Studies Exam questions and answers latest top score. abolition - correct answer. the ending of legal slavery American Indian Movement (AIM) - correct answer. formed in 1968 to work for Native American rights Americanization movement - correct answer. education program designed to help immigrants assimilate to American culture anarchist - correct answer. a person who opposes all forms of government antebellum - correct answer. belonging to t...

Explain the characteristics of superpowers / emerging / regional powers? (4) - correct answer-Superpower: Nation with the ability to project influence globally. These nations have prominent roles in decision making and are often a force for global change. Can project its dominating power anywhere in the world. E.g. USA. Characteristics of superpowers include: - Large GDP, high % of international trade, currency used as reserve currency. A large GDP creates influence as a potential market and a...

IB HL History: The Cold War Discuss the ideological beliefs of the West in terms of the economy. - •Capitalism: Individuals should be able to compete w/ each other w/ a minimal state interference & make as much $ as they wish • Individuals thus encouraged to work hard by the promise of individual reward Discuss the ideological beliefs of the West in terms of politics. - liberal democracy: • Individuals choose the gov't through voting. There is a range of political parties to cho...

IB HL History: The Cold War Discuss the ideological beliefs of the West in terms of the economy. - •Capitalism: Individuals should be able to compete w/ each other w/ a minimal state interference & make as much $ as they wish • Individuals thus encouraged to work hard by the promise of individual reward Discuss the ideological beliefs of the West in terms of politics. - liberal democracy: • Individuals choose the gov't through voting. There is a range of political parties to cho...

Brown v. Board of Education, Topeka, KS, 1954 Supreme Court ruling reversing the policy of segregation from Plessy v Ferguson, declaring that seperate can never be equal and a year later ordered the integration of all public schools with all deliberate speed Montgomery Bus Boycott, 1955 In 1955, after Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a city bus, Dr. Martin L. King led a boycott of city busses. After 11 months the Supreme Court ruled that segregation of public tr...

38th Parallel - line of latitude that separated North and South Korea before and following the Korean War Arms Race - Cold war competition between the U.S. and Soviet Union to build up their respective armed forces and weapons Baby Boom - A cohort of individuals born in the United States between 1946 and 1964, which was just after World War II in a time of relative peace and prosperity. These conditions allowed for better education and job opportunities, encouraging high rates of both marr...