AP Euro Chp. 28

The growth of the middle class in the postwar era has been attributed primarily to what?

An increased demand for technologists and managers.

What was socialist realism?

Artists and writers were required to follow the dictates of communists ideals. Idealizing the working class of the soviet union enforced in the 1950s and early 60s.

How did the soviet union and the eastern european communist regimes treat displaced persons returning home after the war?

As politically unreliable because of their exposure to western european society.

What was the outcome of decolonization of the Belgium Congo?

Belgium withdrew quickly granting at independence with irresponsible haste.

Change in the structure of European society after WW2 was primarily the result of what?

Economic and technological transformation.

In the 1950s and 1960s, what became the basic objective of all Western European governments?

Economic growth

How did the Soviet Union's treatment of Czechoslovakia in 1948 demonstrate consolidation its hold on eastern Europe?

Even though Czech communist party won electoral support, Stalin overthrew the government and established a one party communist dictatorship.

In 1954 Vietnam obtained independence from where?

France

What 6 western European countries formed the common market in 1957?

France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Italy, and West Germany

What did the West German minister of the economy do in 1957 to foster economic growth?

He emphasized free market capitalism.

Why did Charles Degall withdraw France from NATO?

He viewed the United States as the main threat to France's independence.

How did the Soviet Union initially organize the eastern European nations as they threw out pro-nazi regimes?

It created coalition governments of political parties but reserved pro key government posts for Russian communists?

What did the Marshall plan accomplish?

It prevented economic collapse in Western Europe.

What was the consequence of Franklin D. Roosevelt agreement with Joseph Stalin at the teron conference that the British American armies would launch a frontal assault on France?

Only the soviet troops would liberate eastern europe.

How did the East German government respond to the nationwide demonstration against poor wages and working conditions in 1953?

Permitted Soviet troops and jail the demonstrators but then instituted reforms to respond to the demonstrator's strongest commands.

After the Second World War, the Soviet Union...

Reestablished a harsh dictatorship.

Which position did Christian democrats endorse during the 1950s?

The Soviet Union

The ultimate goal of the plan for an international organization to coordinate coal and steel production in Europe?

The bind the six members of the european coal and steel community so closely that war would be impossible.

What did Nikita destalinization campaign call for?

The communist party to retain it monopoly of political power.

What was the result of breaking the Berlin blockade in 1948-49?

The creation of two separate German states

To receive Marshall plan aid, European states were required to cooperate together

The result was the organization with organic cooperation

At the time of the Yalta Conference in 1945, why was the position of the Soviet Union much stronger in negotiations with the United States and Great Britain?

The soviet union occupied so much of Eastern Europe.

Who was the only communist?

Tito