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Jews in israel?

1948

After the Second World War, the Soviet Union

Reestablished a harsh dictatorship.

How did the Soviet Union and Easter 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 the decolonization of the Belgian Congo?

Belgium quickly withdrew from the Congo, granting it independence with irresponsible haste.

The ultimate goal of the plan for an international organization to coordinate coal and steel production in Europe in the 1950s was to

Bind the six members of the European Coal and Steel Community so closely that war would be impossible.

In 1954, Vietnam obtained independence from

France

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

Increased demand for technologists and managers.

Why did Europeans find postcolonial migration troublesome?

Intellectuals worried that immigrant workers would never adopt European values and customs.

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 Communist.

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

It permitted Soviet troops to put down the revolt and jailed demonstrators, but then instituted reforms to respond to the demonstrators' strongest demands.

What did the Marshall Plan accomplish?

It prevented economic collapse in Western Europe.

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.

Who was the only Communist leader able to successfully resist Soviet domination?

Josip Broz Tito.

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.

After World War II, the Soviet Union

Returned to the totalitarianism of the 1930s.

All of the following are examples of practices and attitudes adopted by governments during the total war of World War I that were later adopted by the totalitarian regimes except:

States sought to ethnically cleanse their problems.

Which position did Christian Democrats across Europe endorse during the 1950s?

The Cold War against the Soviet Union.

To receive Marshall Plan aid, European states were required to cooperate with another. What was the result of this cooperation?

The Organization for European Economic Cooperation.

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

The Soviet army already occupied much of Eastern Europe.

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.

What was socialist realism?

The requirement that artists and writers idealize the working class and the Soviet Union in their work.

Khrushchev's "secret speech" at the Twentieth Party Congress in 1956 was

a surprising attack on Stalin and his crimes.

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

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 its intention to consolidate its hold on Eastern Europe?

Even though the Czech Communist Party had won significant electoral support, Stalin still orchestrated the overthrow of the government and establish a one-party.

Which six Western European countries formed the European Economic Community, or Common Market, in 1957?

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

How did the Pied-Noirs complicate the experience of decolonization in Algeria?

Having lived in Algeria for several generations, these European Algerians threatened revolt against France if France did not oppose the Islamic independence movement.

Why did Charles de Gaulle withdraw France from NATO?

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

What did Nikita Khrushchev's de-Stalinization campaign call for?

The Communist Party to retain its monopoly on political power.

Why was West Germany allowed to build an army after 1955?

The German army would permit Germany to defend itself from attack by the Soviet Union.