Ch. 28 quiz

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 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 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.

How did Mao Zedong gain the support of the peasantry in China?

Mao promised to expropriate land from the large landowners.

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

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

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

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

increased demand for experts and managers.

After World War II, the Soviet Union

returned to the rigid dictatorship of the 1930s.

What was the consequence of Roosevelt's agreement with Stalin at the Teheran Confrence that the British-American armies would launch a frontal assault on france?

Only Soviet troops would liberate eastern Europe

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.

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 post 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 denote a nuclear warhead.

How did the United States respond to the decolonization movement

The US had long opposed empire and encouraged European nations to let go of their former colonies.

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 conflict elsewhere in the World.

The Bretton Woods agreement of 1944 accomplished all of the following except

requiring all western nations to abandon the gold standard.

Khrushchev's de-stalinization campaign included all of the following except

the Communist Party permitted elections at the local level from among competing communist candidates for office.

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

they supported socialist economic policies.