HST 112 Final Exam questions with
verified answers
Berlin Blockade/Airlift - correct answer ✔✔Germany was divided between East and West
Germany, but Berlin (located within East Germany) was subdivided as well. Stalin decided to
block goods coming into Berlin even though western European countries have territories within
the capital. So to circumvent this, they airlifted goods.
Beveridge Report - correct answer ✔✔1945: Beveridge writes this saying that GB needs to
provide the basics to the people (basic standard of living, minimum wage, medical care, etc.)--
foundation of the welfare state, spreads to other parts of western Europe.
Chernobyl - correct answer ✔✔1986: Nuclear disaster that demonstrated the USSR hiding
information, USSR infrastructure leading to disasters. Radiation was 10x as much as Hiroshima,
and Gorbachev went on national TV to admit fault (unusual b/c USSR usually tries to save face)
European Coal and Steel Community - correct answer ✔✔1954: The first instance where all the
specific countries of Europe have a larger integration (connects economies of Europe), started
by a few European countries (W. Europe, BeNeLux)
Nikita Krushchev - correct answer ✔✔1955: Becomes General Secretary of the Communist
Party, as more willing to accept Western ideals, denounced Stalin's cult of personality, terror,
announced independence for satellite states (own path to socialism, economic wiggle room)
Five Year Plan - correct answer ✔✔Started by Stalin in 1928 to collectivize agriculture and bring
the Soviet Union to the level of Western European countries, mass industrialization, leads to a
lot of death and famine
verified answers
Berlin Blockade/Airlift - correct answer ✔✔Germany was divided between East and West
Germany, but Berlin (located within East Germany) was subdivided as well. Stalin decided to
block goods coming into Berlin even though western European countries have territories within
the capital. So to circumvent this, they airlifted goods.
Beveridge Report - correct answer ✔✔1945: Beveridge writes this saying that GB needs to
provide the basics to the people (basic standard of living, minimum wage, medical care, etc.)--
foundation of the welfare state, spreads to other parts of western Europe.
Chernobyl - correct answer ✔✔1986: Nuclear disaster that demonstrated the USSR hiding
information, USSR infrastructure leading to disasters. Radiation was 10x as much as Hiroshima,
and Gorbachev went on national TV to admit fault (unusual b/c USSR usually tries to save face)
European Coal and Steel Community - correct answer ✔✔1954: The first instance where all the
specific countries of Europe have a larger integration (connects economies of Europe), started
by a few European countries (W. Europe, BeNeLux)
Nikita Krushchev - correct answer ✔✔1955: Becomes General Secretary of the Communist
Party, as more willing to accept Western ideals, denounced Stalin's cult of personality, terror,
announced independence for satellite states (own path to socialism, economic wiggle room)
Five Year Plan - correct answer ✔✔Started by Stalin in 1928 to collectivize agriculture and bring
the Soviet Union to the level of Western European countries, mass industrialization, leads to a
lot of death and famine
