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IB History Paper 2 Topic 5 (The Cold War) Marshall Plan - a United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe (1948-1952) Berlin Wall - In 1961, the Soviet Union built a high barrier to seal off their sector of Berlin in order to stop the flow of refugees out of the Soviet zone of Germany. The wall was torn down in 1989. "New Look" - established by the Eisenhower administration in 1947 to contain Soviet influence to what it was at the end of World War II. ber...

Feb 1945 Yalta conference May 1945 Germany surrenders Jul 1945 Potsdam Confrence Aug 1945 Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima & Nagasaki Sept 1945 Japanese Surrender Feb 1946 Kennan's long telegram March 1946 Iron curtain speech March 1947 Truman Doctrine begins June 1947 Marshall plan 1948 Berlin Blockade & Airlift Apr 1949 NATO formed May 1949 Berlin blockade ends May 1949 FRG created Aug 19...

AQA AS AS HISTORY 7041/2Q The American Dream: reality and illusion, 1945–1980 Component 2Q Prosperity, inequality and Superpower status, 1945–1963 Version: 1.0 Final IB/M/Jun23/E4 7041/2Q AS HISTORY The American Dream: reality and illusion, 1945–1980 Component 2Q Prosperity, inequality and Superpower status, 1945–1963 Tuesday 23 May 2023 Afternoon Time allowed: 1 hour 30 minutes Materials For this paper you must have: • an AQA 16-page answer book. Instructions • ...

Fascism A political system headed by a dictator that calls for extreme nationalism and racism and no tolerance of opposition Communism A government system created by Karl Max advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned. Yalta Conference 1945 meeting between Churchill, Stalin, and Roosevelt in which the leaders discussed plans for the post-war world. Stalin agreed to join the fight with Japan 90 days after the war in Europe was over. Stal...

AQA AS HISTORY The American Dream: reality and illusion, 1945–1980 Component 2Q Prosperity, inequality and Superpower status, 1945–1963 Tuesday 23 May 2023 Afternoon Time allowed: 1 hour 30 minutes Materials For this paper you must have: • an AQA 16-page answer book. Instructions • Use black ink or black ball-point pen. • Write the information required on the front of your answer book. The Paper Reference is 7041/2Q. • Answer two questions. In Section A answer Que...

11th Grade US History Final Exam Study Manifest Destiny - This expression was popular in the 1840's. Many people believed that the U.S. was destined to secure territory from "sea to sea," from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. This rationale drove the acquisition of territory. Imperialism - A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, socially, and economically. Thomas Edison - This scientist received more than 1,300 patents for a range of items i...

Yazoo Lands The sparsely-populated central and western areas of the US state of GA, when its western border stretched to the Mississippi River. James Jackson October 18, 1819 - January 13, 1887. It was a US representative from GA, a judge advocate American Civil War, and a chief justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia. He nullified the yazoo sale and destructed records connected with the state. Later the Yazoo lands was given to the Federal Goverment. Iroquois League Known as th...

IB History Paper II Topic 5: The Cold War Yalta Conference - •February 1945: Churchill, FDR and Stalin meet. •Promises include Stalin to enter Pacific war; FDR to give Soviet Union Kurile Islands, Jakhalin Islands, Port Arthur (was lost in 1904 Japan War) & influence in Manchuria; UN to be created. •Problems include Poland, which divides Germany and the Soviet Union so US wants it. Soviets installed pro-communists in Poland ("Lubin" Poles) but the US wants elections in Poland ("...

U.S. History and Government Regents Review abolition - The movement to end slavery in the United States. Abraham Lincoln - Republican President who's election caused Southern states to secede, starting the Civil War. Lincoln sought to preserved the Union and refused to recognize the creation of the Confederate States of America. During the war, his goal shifted from reuniting the country to deciding the issue of slavery once and for all by abolishing it. This shift looms in the Emancipati...

Desktop publishing The Digital Revolution— and Beyond During the last quarter of the twentieth century and the first decade of the twenty-first century, electronic and computer technology advanced at an extraordinary pace, transforming many areas of human activity. Graphic design was irrevocably changed by digital computer hardware and software and the explosive growth of the Internet. Many years earlier, the Industrial Revolution had begun fragmenting the process of creating and printin...