LEQ Performance Final Flashcards
Evaluate the extent to which ethnic tensions played a significant role in the outbreak of World War I (1914-1918)
C: Nationalism, Industrial Revolution, Growing Militarism
ethnic tensions: assassination Franz by Black Hand, Balkan Wars, Decline of the Ottoman Empire
alliances: Triple Entente vs. Triple Alliance
Develop an argument in which you contrast the level of control exercised by Communist rulers with the level of control exercised by Fascist rulers.
C: Karl Marx, Russian Revolution of 1917, Nationalism
compared: Political single-party system (Soviet Union under Stalin, Nazi Germany under Hitler) ; Economic Ctrl (Soviet central planning and collectivization, Italy under Mussolini fascist corporatist model) ; Use of violence (Cultural Revolution under Mao, Holocaust under Hitler)
contrasted: Society (classless w/ Great Leap Forward, Il Duce unity under Mussolini)
Develop an argument that evaluates whether nationalism during the 1930s caused the outbreak of WWII.
C: Treaty of Versailles, Great Depression, Fascism
nationalism: Nazi Lebensraum leads to invasion into Poland, Italy invades Ethiopia, Japan invades Manchuria
diplomacy: failure of policy of appeasement
Develop an argument in which you analyze changes in social and political conditions in Asia in the period circa 1845 to 1945.
C: First Opium War, Treaty of Nanjing, British East India Company
changes: Meiji Restoration, Chinese Communist Revolution, Indian Rebellion of 1857
continuities: British total war recruitment of Indians
To what extent did the Iranian Revolution of 1979 originate through foreign influence
C: Nationalism, Beginning of Cold War, Anglo-American Coup of 1953 (Operation Ajax)
internal: Ayatollah Khomeini’s leadership, White Revolution, Black Friday Massacre
external: SAVAK from US
To what extent did governments attempt to take a more active role in the economy 1900-1945
C: Nationalism, Industrial Revolution, Adam Smith and laissez-faire
change (more active role): New Deal, Fascist Corporatist Economy of Italy, Five-Year Plans
continuity (not more active): Before Great Depression, Roaring Twenties in US
Evaluate whether WWII can be considered a cause of the Cold War
C: Russian Revolution of 1917, Imperialism, Great Depression
politics caused: Rise of Communism in China and Soviet Union Formation of International Treaty Organizations (NATO and Warsaw Pact), Marshall Plan
War Reparations caused: Treaty of Versailles/Great Depression
