Wartime economy Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

1. How accurate is it to say that the failure of General Gamelin to make effective use of new technology was the primary cause of the military failure of France in 1940? Gamelin's failure to adequately use new technology but also a general lack of modern weapons and machinery were only part of the reason why the French were defeated by the Nazis in 1940. Other factors such as World War I thinking, the failure to adequately fortify the border with Belgium, the overall dominance of the G...

Operation FARMGATE 1961, In repsonse to Laos and S. Vietnam Ordered by Pres Kennedy Covert deployment of 4400th Combat Crew Training Squadron to train S. Vietnamese Air Force Operation BARREL ROLL 1964, In response to N Vietnamese torpedo boats attacking USS Maddox Ordered By Pres Johnson Orchestrated air attack as a show of force and to attack Communists forces in Laos Operation ROLLING THUNDER 1965, Sign of American support for S Vietnam Ordered by Pres Johnson "Program...

What does the procurement policy of an entity reflects? - Answer -The entity's legal system -The goals and values of the entity -Policies and practices federal-level entities use to acquire goods and services; this may not apply to state or local entities What should the overall purpose of a procurement policy manual be? - Answer -Establish the legal authority of the procurement function within the entity. -Simplify, clarify, and reflect the laws governing procurement -Enable uniform p...

BMC questions and answers rated A+ Which driver weakened the Swiss franc? (C) a) A surprise change in net export expectations b)A surprise change in interest rates expectations c)A surprise change in inflation expectations d)A surprise change in valuation expectations How accurately do GDP portray the economy and why? Inaccurately because the scope of GDP measurements can change. Consider the formula GDP = C+I+G+(X-M). A country is undergoing a boom in consumption of domestic...

Amsco APUSH Chapter 25 Already Graded A Good Neighbor policy FDR's foreign policy of promoting better relations w/Latin America by using economic influence rater than military force in the region Pan-American conferences US pledged in Uruguay 1933 to -never again intervene w/ internal Latin American affairs In Buenas Aires 1936: warned if Germany started shit then the hemisphere WOULD come together + combat it Soviet Union recognized 1933 , increased trade + boosted economy Independence for ...

An overview of the second world war from a Canadian perspective. Including a comprehensive timeline of main events and events that involved Canadian forces. This document starts from the beginning of the war and extends until the end of the war, discussing various points including the war overseas in Europe, in the sky and on the water, and its impacts on the economy and social landscape at home.

HISTORY EXAM 2024 UPDATED LATEST PREDICTED QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS BY EXPERT What made the wartime alliance breakdown after the end of ww2? ideological differences, escalation of hostilities and key people, and developments Why was USSR and USA superpowers? large populations, hence armies. Geographically due to location and materials. Huge arsenals of nuclear weapons. No enemies but themselves after WW2. What did stability in post-war world depend on? relationship between superp...

U.S. HISTORY REGENTS REVIEW (Important People in History 2023) Ansel Adams - Photographer whose natural landscapes of the West are also a statement about the importance of the preservation of the wilderness Samuel Adams - -Bostonian American Revolutionary War leader, political organizer, and journalist who helped to organize the Sons of Liberty and the Massachusetts Committee of Correspondence -Associated with the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party -Member of the Continental Con...

Economics Checkpoints Questions and Answers Already Graded A In what way could tax policy be used to slow a rapidly growing economy? Taxes could be raised to decrease the money in circulation. Which criteria for effective taxes is violated by confusing instructions? simplicity Why is it important for a tax to be efficient? to produce reasonable revenue What is one argument in favor of the benefit principle of taxation? Those who receive the service pay for it. What is a proportional tax? a t...

Explain how internal and external factors contributed to change in various states after 1900. - Answer- - West dominated the global political order, but both land-based & maritime empires gave way to new states by the century's end. - Ottoman, Russian, & Qing empires collapsed due to a combination of internal and external factors. These changes in Russia eventually led to communist revolution. - States around the world challenged the existing political and social order, including the Mexican ...