A History of Western Society Chapter 28
According to the best estimates, about how many people died in the Second World War?
50 million
The weakness of Big Science was
its high cost
How did Britain pursue different social policies than most of western European nations in the postwar era?
Britain instituted a cradle-to-grave welfare state.
In the 1950's and 1960's, what became the basic objective of all western European governments?
Economic growth
In 1954, Vietnam obtained independence from?
France
Why did the council of Europeans fail to evolve into a European parliament with sovereign rights?
Great Britain consistently opposed conceding any real political power and sovereignty to the council
How did the Pied-Noirs complicate the experiences of decolonization in Algeria
Having lived in Algeria for several generations, these European Algerians threatened to revolt against France if France did not oppose the Islamic independence movement
Why did Charles de Gaulle withdraw Frace from NATO?
He viewed the United States as the main threat to French Independence.
The growth of the middle class in the postwar era has been attributed primarily to
Increased demand for experts and managers
Which of the following best characterizes the results of the Marshall Plan?
It was one of the most successful foreign aid programs in history, preventing economic collapse in Western Europe
How did Mao Zedong gain the support of the peasantry in China?
Mao promised to expropriate land from the large landowners.
What was the consequence of Roosevelt's agreement with Stalin at the Teheran Conference that the British-American armies would launch a frontal assault on France?
Only Soviet troops would liberate eastern Europe.
After World War II the Soviet Union
Returned to the dictatorship of the 1930s
All of the following correctly describe decolonization of the Belgian Congo except
The Congolese political leaders promoted a Marxist agenda that included the confiscation of all lands and mineral wealth.
Why was West Germany allowed to build an army after 1955?
The German army would permit Germany to defend itself by attack from the Soviet Union
How did the Soviet Union initially organize the Eastern European nations as it threw out pro-Nazi regimes?
The Soviet Union created coalition governments of leftist political parties but reserved key government posts for Moscow-trained communists
By the time of the Yalta conference, the position of the Soviet Union was much stronger in negotiations with the United States and Great Britain for all of the following reasons except?
The Soviet Union had developed the technology to detonate a nuclear warhead.
What did the Korean War demonstrate about Cold War relations?
The United States and Soviet Union would avoid open conflict in Europe but would engage in open, non-nuclear conflict elsewhere in the world
How did the United States respond to the decolonization movement?
The United States had long opposed empire and encouraged European nations to let go of their former colonies.
Which of the following best characterizes the East German government's response to the nationwide demonstrations against poor wages and working conditions in 1953?
The government permitted Soviet troops to put down the revolt, jailed demonstrators, but then instituted reforms to respond to the demonstrators' strongest demands.
Which of the following best characterizes the East German government's responses to the nationwide demonstrations against poor wages and working conditions in 1953?
The government permitted Soviet troops to put down the revolt, jailed demonstrators, but then instituted reforms to respond to the demonstrators' strongest demands.
The ultimate goal of the plan for an international organization to coordinate coal and steel production in Europe was to
bind the members of the Common Market so closely that war would be unthinkable.
Changes in the structure of European society after World War II were primarily the result of
economic and technological transformation.
The advancement in military weaponry and the space race
fostered a revolution in computer technology.
The Bretton Woods agreement of 1944 accomplished all of the following except
requiring all Western nations to abandon the gold standard.
How did big science foster the green revolution?
research into agriculture greatly increased the world food supply, using fewer workers and more productivity per acre.
Khrushchev's de-Stalinization campaign included all of the following except
the Communist Party permitted elections at the local level from among competing communist candidate for office.
The goals of the Treaty of Rome in 1957 included all of the following except?
the elimination of borders
During the 1950's, the Christian Democrats across Europe endorsed all of the following positions except
they supported socialist economic policies.
Jews in Palestine proclaimed the state of Israel
when the British withdrew from Palestine in 1948.