Hist ch13-28

In 1954, Vietnam obtained independence from ___________________

France

The international military tribunal organized by the four Allied powers to try the highest-ranking Nazi military and civilian leaders was held in the city of ___________________

Nuremberg

The Marshall Plan in 1947 was a response to ___________________

a Western Europe on the verge of economic collapse

After the Second World War, the Soviet Union reestablished ___________________

a harsh dictatorship

Changes in the structure of European society after the Second World War were primarily the result of ___________________

economic and technological transformation

How did the Soviet Union initially organize the Eastern European nations as it threw out pro-Nazi regimes?

it created coalition governments of leftist political parties but reserved key government posts for Moscow-trained Communists

What was the consequence of Franklin D. Roosevelt's agreement with Joseph Stalin at the Teheran Conference that the British-American armies would launch a frontal assault on France?

only Soviet troops would liberate Eastern Europe

When did Jews in Palestine proclaim the state of Israel? (After ___________________)

the British withdrew from Palestine in 1948

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

the creation of two separate German states: West Germany and East Germany

What does neocolonialism refer to?

the idea of a system designed to perpetuate Western economic domination and undermine political independence