Unit 8: cold war and decolonization study guide answers

To what extent did global conflicts lead to cultural or social changes since 1900?

• Print DBQ and bring to class for ongoing classwork (must be done upon starting any unit

• AMSCO (2017 Edition) suggested reading (while not necessary for the course, it is heavily suggested

  • • Setting the Stage for the Cold War and Decolonization

    • The Cold War

    • Effects of the Cold War

    • Spread of Communism After 1900

    • Decolonization After 1900

    • Newly Independent States

Objectives

1. Explain the historical context of the Cold War after 1945.

2. Explain the causes and effects of the ideological struggle of the Cold War.

3. Compare the ways in which the United States and the Soviet Union sought to maintain influence over the course of the Cold War.

4. Explain the causes and consequences of China’s adoption of communism.

5. Explain the causes and effects of movements to redistribute economic resources.

6. Compare the processes by which various peoples pursued independence after 1900.

7. Explain how political changes in the period from c.1900 to the present led to territorial, demographic, and nationalist developments.

8. Explain the economic changes and continuities resulting from the process of decolonization.

9. Explain the extent to which the effects of the Cold War were similar in the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.

1. The Cold War

   1. Non-Aligned Movement

      1. Sukarno in Indonesia

      2. Kwame Nkrumah in Ghana

2. Effects of the Cold War

   1. Proxy wars

      1. Korean war

      2. Angolan Civil War

      3. Sandinista-Contras conflict in Nicaragua

3. Spread of Communism After 1900

   1. Land and resource redistribution

      1. Communist revolution for Vietnamese independence

      2. Mengistu Haile Mariam in Ethiopia

      3. Land reform in Kerala and other states within India

      4. White Revolution in Iran

4. Decolonization After 1900

   1. Nationalist leaders and parties

      1. Indian National Congress

      2. Ho Chi Minh in French Indochina (Vietnam)

      3. Kwame Nkruma in British Gold Coast (Ghana)

      4. Gamal Abdel Nasser in Egypt

   2. Negotiated independence

      1. India from the British Empire

      2. The Gold Coast from the British Empire

      3. French West Africa

   3. Independence through armed struggle

      1. Algeria from the French empire

      2. Angola from the Portuguese empire

      3. Vietnam from the French empire

   4. Regional, religious, and ethnic movements

      1. Muslim League in British India

      2. Quebecois separatist movement in Canada

      3. Biafra secessionist movement in Nigeria

5. Newly Independent States

   1. States created by redrawing of political boundaries

   2. Governments guiding economic life

      1. Gamal Abdel Nasser's promotion of economic development in Egypt

      2. Indira Ghandi's economic policies in India

      3. Julius Nyerere's modernization in Tanzania

      4. Sirimavo Bandaranaike's economic policies in Sri Lanka

   3. Migrations

      1. South Asians to Britain

      2. Algerians to France

      3. Filipinos to the United States

6. Global Resistance to Established Power Structures After 1900

   1. Responses that intensified conflict

      1. Chile under Augusto Pinochet

      2. Spain under Francisco Franco

      3. Uganda under Idi Amin

      4. The buildup of the military-industrial complex and weapons trading

   2. Movements that used violence