Trials of communism Samenvattingen, Aantekeningen en Examens

Samenvatting van de hoorcollegestof van het vak 'Trials of Communism' van de major Oost-Europese Studies aan de UvA.

Samenvatting van de seminarteksten voor het vak 'Trials of Communism' van de major Oost-Europese Studies aan de Universiteit van Amsterdam.

A - ANSWER-Which one of the following is NOT true of cultural or political beliefs in America. A. America's origins as a wilderness society led to the belief that government is responsible for providing material assistance to its citizens. B. Americans place a greater emphasis than Europeans on personal advancement through education. C. Never has an American majority expressed a willingness to entrust health insurance fully to the government. D. America has a strong individualistic culture/...

Post war economic issues G.I.s finding jobs and housing, fears of economic problems, but war had increased income, everyone had savings accounts & war bonds 1946 Congressional Elections "Had enough?" Repubs win House and Senate. Robert Taft leads Repubs. Taft-Hartley Act to check union power. outlaws closed shop, lets states pass right-to-work (no union requirement), outlaws other unions joining boycotts, president has power to invoke 80 day cool-off period before strikes. ...

Who was Adolf Eichmann? officer in the SS who carried out the deportation of Jews to concentration camps What was the ultimate fate of Hermann Göring at the Nuremberg trials? He was sentenced to death but avoided execution by committing suicide. Which identifies the significance of the Nuremberg trials? helped set the future importance of international law and global organizations How did Kennan's Long Telegram shape the United States interaction with communism througho...

Brown v. Board of Education, Topeka, KS, 1954 Supreme Court ruling reversing the policy of segregation from Plessy v Ferguson, declaring that seperate can never be equal and a year later ordered the integration of all public schools with all deliberate speed Montgomery Bus Boycott, 1955 In 1955, after Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a city bus, Dr. Martin L. King led a boycott of city busses. After 11 months the Supreme Court ruled that segregation of public tr...

Florida Civics Literacy Exam 2024 questions and answers 100% Article I of the Constitution - ANSWERS Section of the Constitution laying out powers and responsibilities of the Legislative Branch Article II of the Constitution - ANSWERS Section of the Constitution laying out powers and responsibilities of the Executive Branch Article III of the Constitution - ANSWERS Section of the Constitution laying out powers and responsibilities of the Judicial Branch Article V of the Constituti...

7.6 AMSCO TermsNazism - correct answers German brand of fascism Weimar Republic - correct answers the republic that was established in Germany in 1919 and ended in 1933 Mein Kampf - correct answers "My Struggle"-a book written by Adolf Hitler during his imprisonment in , in which he set forth his beliefs and his goals for Germany Reichstag Fire - correct answers February, 1933; the government building was set on fire by a secret order of Goebbels; called a communist plot;Hitler convin...

Which best describes how the US government affects the economy? A. The government builds hospitals, regulates schools, and makes business rules. B. The government builds roads, regulates business, and makes job safety rules. C. The government builds police stations, regulates hospitals, and makes industrial rules. D. The government builds firehouses, regulates roads, and provides emergency services. B. The government builds roads, regulates business, and makes job safety rules. Whi...

When was the Yalta Conference? February 1945 Who attended the Yalta Conference? Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin What was the outcome of the Yalta conference? There were loose discussions of the fate of Europe post-war; US and USSR secured as the two major superpowers When was the Potsdam Conference? July 1945 Who attended the Potsdam Conference? Truman, Churchill, Stalin With what event did the tension between the US and USSR begin? The Potsdam Conferenc...