AP Euro Chapter 29

According to the best estimates, about how many people died in the Second World War?

50 million

How did they 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

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

Economic and technological transformation

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.

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

Increased demand for technologists 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 land owners.

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

Al 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.

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

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.

Jews in Palestine proclaimed the state of Israel

When the British withdrew from Palestine in 1948

During the 1950's, the Christian Democrats across Europe endorsed all of the following positions except

they supported socialist economic policies.

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 impossible

In the 1950's and 1960's, what became the best objective of all western European governments?

Economic growth

How did the Soviet Union's treatment of Czechoslovakia in 1948 demonstrate its intention to consolidate its hold on Eastern Europe?

Even though the Czech Communist Party had won significant electoral support, Stalin still overthrew the government and established a one-party communist dictatorship

The advancement in military weaponry and the space race

Fostered a revolution in computer technology

Why did Charles de Gaulle withdraw Frace from NATO?

He viewed the United States as the main threat to French Independence.

After World War II the Soviet Union

Returned to the totalitarianism of the 1930s

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 Untied States and Great Britain for all of the following reasons except

The Soviet Union had developed the technology to detonate a nuclear warhead.

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.

After the war, why did national governments quickly establish authority over questions of guilt and punishment for those who had collaborated with the Nazi regime?

Unofficial groups were seizing and executing alleged collaborators on their own

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.