World War II
The use of atomic weapons in WWII led most directly to this.
The Cold war
Policy that promised U.S. aid to any country threatened by communism.
Truman Doctrine - Containment
Shi’ite cleric who led the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran.
Ayatollah Khomeini
nations with fast-growing economies in the 21st century, who may exceed current world powers
BRIC Nations
Soviet Bloc countries agreed to honor basic human rights in this agreement.
Helsinki Accords
This uprising in a Jewish ghetto is an example of active resistance during WWII.
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
The ideological struggle between the U.S. and USSR best explains this 1960s political interaction.
Kennedy and Khruschev
French leader of the Free French Forces who became president.
Charles De Gaulle
Term for economic growth without harming the environment.
Sustainability
Formed in 1945 with delegates from 50 countries to replace the League of Nations.
United Nations
Signed by Roosevelt and Churchill, this affirmed the right of all people to choose their government.
Atlantic Charter
U.S. and USSR fought indirectly through other nations in Latin America.
Proxy wars
South African who led the ANC, won the Nobel Peace Prize, and became president.
Nelson Mandela
The international agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Official segregation policy in South Africa
The economic recovery plan for Europe post-WWII.
Kyoto Protocol
Apartheid
Marshall Plan
A reason why the Great Depression led to WWII.
Great Depression hit America, who had loaned $ to Germany. We could no longer help, and they became desperate for a leader to save them.
Define Total War (chapter 28).
Definition: War that mobilizes ALL of the nation’s resources (factories, civilians, farms, etc.)
Name 2 examples that support calling 1968 “A Year of Revolutions.”
"Prague Spring" – Czechoslovakian period of political liberalization and reform
Tlatelolco massacre – student protest over education; violent clash with police
He led the first independent trade union in the Soviet Bloc and became president of Poland
The name of Poland’s anti-communist labor union.
Lech Walesa
Solidarity
Identify and explain ONE reason World War II led to the Cold War.
Stalin helped the Allies and demanded a part of Europe in return after the war. Communism spread, and free nations (US) tried to stop it.
Define World War II in terms of total war, giving at least two elements of total war and explaining how they played out in WWII.
Allied nations used: rationing (saving food for the troops), the draft (forcing men to enlist), and shifted the economy to wartime production
Also: Civilians were sometimes targets of wartime bombing (Dresden; Hiroshima)
Compare and contrast President Kennedy’s response at the Bay of Pigs to his response to the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Bay of Pigs: American-trained force of Cuban freedom fighters invaded Cuba. Kennedy promised them air cover and support. He did not follow through. The invasion failed
Cuban Missile Crisis: Soviets parked nukes and launching sites in Cuba (90 miles off coast). Kennedy told Khrushchev to remove them, or we would retaliate. Soviets complied.
Discuss the formation and purposes of the United Nations. Evaluate its success, using 3 specific examples.
1943—The big three (Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin) talked about the idea of a postwar peace-keeping organization to replace the League of Nations.
April 1945 - Truman welcomed delegates from 50 nations to San Francisco
Over 1 billion (1/3 of world population) under Communism
Over 40 million executed under Communism
Over 100 wars fought
Identify and explain ONE reason World War II led to decolonization.
Allies saw the horrors of the Holocaust and other war crimes. They could no longer justify oppressing other