Question 1

Compare and contrast the histories of France and Italy during the twenty-five years following the end of World War II. Why did France, but not Italy, find political stability by the 1960s?

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Question 2

How was the Soviet political and economic system imposed on eastern Europe after 1945? What were the major differences, if any, between the political and economic systems in the U.S.S.R. and eastern Europe?

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Question 3

What economic challenges did the Soviets face after 1945? What were the approaches of Khrushchev and Brezhnev to resolving the economic problems of the U.S.S.R.?

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Question 4

Describe and analyze the movement toward a united Europe in the decades following the Second World War. Which nations and which statesmen most vigorously pushed the idea of cooperation? Why?

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Question 5

How did Mao attempt to build up China's economy and revolutionize its society? What were his successes and failures?

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Question 6

How did capitalist and communist societies organize themselves differently in the post-war period?

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Question 7

How did Japan change after World War II? What brought about those changes?

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Question 8

How did the policy of containment lead to U.S. involvement in Asia?

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Question 9

What was the role of Algeria in the fall of France's Fourth Republic?

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Question 10

How did planners attempt to restore the economic stability and prosperity of the pre-1914 period after World War II?

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Question 11

Why did Khrushchev fall from power?

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Question 12

Evaluate the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution. What were the consequences of each?

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Question 13

How did the Nazi-Soviet Pact of 1939 shape patterns of resettlement and deportation in Germany, Poland, the U.S.S.R., and the Baltic republics?

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Question 14

To what degree did the Soviet victory and the fall of Hitler result in a reversal of the displacements and resettlements triggered by the Nazi-Soviet Pact of 1939? What new patterns of movement emerged?

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Question 15

What happened to the areas annexed by Germany after Hitler's defeat?

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Question 16

Compare the Weimar republic to the area constituting the G.D.R. and the F.R.G. How dramatically did the settlements of World War II check German territorial power?

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Quiz 22: The Cold War and Reconstruction After the Second World War