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EMERGENCE OF RIVARLY BETWEEN USA AND USSR 1945-1949
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TOPIC 5
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Why did the wartime alliance of USA and USSR break up?
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-Ideological and economic differences. Capitalist vs Communism
-Harry Truman was more anti-Communist than Roosevelt. Different aims: US wanted G as a trading partner/Russia wanted weak G buffer state |
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How did the Soviets expand into the Eastern Europe?
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-By getting rid of opposition and replacing with Communist governments with secret police
-By placing 7 million soldiers in surrounding countries -Red Army drove back Nazi powers and occupied the countries |
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What impact did the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan have?
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-The Truman Doctrine was first step towards (successful) containment of Communism
-MP helped rebuild European economies. Stalin banned Est Euro from accepting it. Created Cominform. Tightened hold on Comm allies |
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What impact did the Berlin Blockade and Airlift have?
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-Victory for the west, but all east-west relations disentegrated
-Germant remained divided. Co-operation unlikely -US,UK,F became Federal Republic of Germany Au 1949/Soviet became G Democratic Republic Oct 1949 |
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What role did key individuals play?
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-Truman: more anti-Communist. Brought in containment. Enforced anti-Communist ideas
-Stalin: aggressor. Expanded into Est.Euro. Enforced cold relations between east/west |
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NAZI RULE OF GERMANY
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TOPIC 13
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How did Hitler control the Church?
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-1933: Catholic Church signed agreement (concordat) with Hitler. Both agreed to not interfere
-Nazi's then took over Protestant Churches under the Reich Church. Many Christ. elements not allowed -Many Protestants accepted, Nazi supporters |
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How did Hitler control youth (education and youth organisations)?
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-Teachers part of German Teacher's Leauge and follow a Nazi curriculum. Textbooks rewritten in support of Nazi ideas and history
-Taught Aryan race were superior in Hitler's Youth/Girl's League. Taught Nazi ideas/beliefs |
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What impact did the Nazis have on women's lives?
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-Women with jobs forced to give up to give birth Banned from armed forces
-3 K's: Church, Children, Cooking. Have an SS baby -Laws of Encourgement of Marriage gave loan of 1,000 marks. Each child keeps 250 marks |
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What impact did the Nazi's have on the economy?
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-Labour Service Corps from 1935 it was complusory for all men 18-25 to serve in Corps for 6 months
-Unemployed men built new facilities for public -All 18-25 compelled to 2 years of military service -Rearmament boosted industry and jobs |
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What impact did the Nazi's have on the culture?
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-All newspapers and radios were controlled by Government all favoured Nazi stories, songs, news
-Films showed Germans defeating enemies and portraying Jews as weak. Everything in Nazi favour -Rallies showcased German strength |
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How did the Nazis persecute Jews, gypsies, and other minorities?
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-By sending them to labour and concentration camps, then ultimately exterminating them aftwerwards
-Subjecting them to unfair law enforcement and gruemsome experiments |
