Causes of WWII
Anti-Democratic political philosophy that stressed militarism and nationalism.
Fascism
World War II began with the German invasion of
What is Poland.
American plan for providing economic aid to western Europe to help it rebuild.
What was the Marshall Plan.
Soviet-backed military alliance of East Bloc Communist countries in Europe.
What was the Warsaw Pact.
American foreign policy strategy to stop the spread of Communism.
What is Containment.
These laws deprived German Jewish people of their rights of citizenship.
What were the Nuremberg Laws.
The German air force sought to win control of the air over Britain during...
What was the Battle of Britain.
Police of postcolonial governments to remain neutral in the Cold War.
What is nonalignment.
The only Eastern Bloc country that responded to the prodemocracy movement of 1989 with bloody repression
What is Romania.
The European Economic Community, created by six western and central European countries in 1957 to promote European unity.
What was the Common Market.
Prior to WWII, a non-aggression pact was signed between these two leaders.
Who were Hitler and Stalin.
The term for Hitler's plan to exterminate all European Jews and other groups deemed racially inferior.
What was the "Final Solution".
The progressive relaxation of Cold War tensions that emerged in the early 1970s.
What is a Détente.
Gorbachev's popular campaign for openness in government and the media.
What was Glasnost.
1960s counterculture movement that embraced updated forms of Marxism to challenge both Western capitalism and Soviet-style communism.
What was the New Left.
This act granted Hitler absolute power in Germany.
What was the Enabling Act (1933).
What were the Axis Powers.
This agreement established respect for human rights and the recognition of existing political boundaries.
What was the Helsinki Agreement.
This Soviet premier promoted de-Stalinization.
Who was Khrushchev.
Center-right political parties that rose to power in western Europe after the Second World War.
Who were the Christian Democrats.
The British policy toward Germany prior to WWII that granted Hitler's territorial demands.
What was Appeasement.
This policy promised all members of the Grand Alliance would focus on defeating Germany, and then mount an all-out attack on Japan.
What was the "Europe First" policy.
During this WWII conference, President Truman insisted that Stalin immediately allow free elections in the Eastern European states.
What was the Potsdam Conference.
The term given to the relatively peaceful overthrow of communism in Czechoslovakia.
What was the Velvet Revolution.
The most famous of the student revolts of 1968 occurred in this western European country.
What is France.