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Internal Assessment. Topic Questions. Single-Party State Ideas…. What factors led to the rise/fall of this single party state? What successes and/or failures were achieved by this SPS?
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Internal Assessment Topic Questions
Single-Party State Ideas… • What factors led to the rise/fall of this single party state? • What successes and/or failures were achieved by this SPS? • What techniques were used by the SPS to maintain itself in power? (Corruption? Repression? Popular support? etc.) • What major policy initiatives were undertaken & with what results? (foreign &/or domestic) • Who benefited most or who suffered most under the SPS?
Specific Single-Party States • Cardenas (Mexico) • Castro (Cuba) • Chiang Kai-shek • Diaz (Mexico) • Franco (Spain) • Ho Chi Minh (Vietnam) • Lenin • Mao • Mussolini • Peron (Argentina) • Pinochet (Chile) • PRI (Mexico) • Samoza(Nicaragua) • Stalin • Khrushchev • Tito (Yugoslavia) • Vargas (Brazil)
20th Century Conflict Ideas • What issues led to the conflict? • To what extent were these issues resolved as a result of the conflict? • What new problems arose from the conflict?
20th Century Conflicts • Wars/Revolutions for Independence: • United States, Cuba (1898), Vietnam (1945-54), Haiti, Philippine Insurrection, Algeria (1954-64) • Civil Wars/Revolutions: • Argentina "Dirty War" 1960s-70s • Chile Coup 1973 • Chinese Civil War • Cuba 1953-59 • El Salvador 1970s-80s • Guatemala 1954-80s • Mexican Revolution 1910-17 • Nicaragua 1970s-80s • Philippine Insurrection 1901 • Spanish Civil War 1936-38 • Foreign Wars: • Arab-Israeli War 1948 • Arab-Israeli War 1967 • Arab-Israeli War 1973 • German invasion Poland 1939 • German invasion Russia 1941 • Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor 1941 • Japan's invasion of China 1937 • Japan's invasion of Manchuria 1931 • Korean War 1950-53 • Russian entrance into WWI • U.S. and Vietnam War 1964-73 • U.S. entrance into WWI • U.S. entrance into WWII • World War I
Cold War Ideas… • What the Cold War caused more by conflicting ideology or by geopolitical concerns? • How did personalities and leadership of individuals impact the Cold War? • What events led to the specific crisis investigated? • What were the short and long-term impacts of a particular development? • How did domestic issues impact developments of the Cold War?
Specific Cold War Events • A-Bomb Decision • Bay of Pigs • Berlin Airlift • Berlin Wall • Cuban Missile Crisis • Cuba—Rise of Castro • Czechoslovakian Coup (1948) • Czechoslovakian Crisis (1968) • Geneva Accords (1954)—division of Vietnam • Guatemalan Intervention (1954) • Hungarian Uprising (1956) • Iranian Intervention (1953) • Korean War • Marshall Plan • NATO-WARSAW PACT • Non-aligned Movement • Nuclear Arms Race • Post-War expansion of Soviet control in Eastern Europe (Yalta-1953) • Sino-Soviet Split • Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan • Suez Crisis (1956) • Truman Doctrine • U.S. in Vietnam • Wartime diplomacy/breakdown of wartime alliances (Casablanca—A-Bomb) • Yalta Conference and Agreements
U.S. Foreign Policy Decisions • Choose any 20th century U.S. foreign policy decision. • What were the official / public reasons or goals for the decision? • Were there unofficial motives for the decision (ulterior motives)? • To what extent were the goals achieved? What factors contributed to the success or failure of the policy?
U.S. Foreign Policy Ideas • Annexation of Philippines (and war to subdue Filipinos) • Any tariff policy • Camp David Accords • Dawes Plan • Dollar Diplomacy • Germany-First strategy • Hoover-Stimson Doctrine • Kellogg-Briand Pact • Lend Lease Act • Neutrality legislation of 1930s • Open Door Policy • Panama Canal actions • Rejection of membership in League of Nations • Roosevelt Corollary to Monroe Doctrine - specific application • SALT I / II • Support for Contras/ Nicaragua • U.S. decision to enter WWI • U.S. intervention in Mexican Revolution • Washington Naval Conference • Yalta Conference Decisions
How would you fix these? • Why did the US enter WWI? • Get into specifics –maybe 2 events and weigh the two as to which is most important • Were loans to Great Britain or unrestricted sub warfare more influential in Wilson’s decision to enter WWI? • Who was the better general, Lee or Grant? • Which attributes of each made them successful? • How did the US Civil War effect the Canadian Confederation? • Make it more specific…
What about these? • Did the Freedman’s Bureau have a significant influence on freedom during Reconstruction with regards to its attempts at providing social welfare? • “significant influence” = too broad • How did Adolf Hitler’s German-nationalism viewpoints lead him to become dictator of Germany? • How did the relationship between Abraham Lincoln and his Cabinet members influence his presidency?
Section B summary of evidence
Cold War Ideas… • What the Cold War caused more by conflicting ideology or by geopolitical concerns? • How did personalities and leadership of individuals impact the Cold War? • What events led to the specific crisis investigated? • What were the short and long-term impacts of a particular development? • How did domestic issues impact developments of the Cold War?
Section C Evaluation of Sources
Section C: Evaluation of Sources • Word limit: 400 • Purpose: Assess the usefulness of the sources • OPVL • Title • Origin – academic credentials of author • Purpose • Value – why valuable in general and to you • Limitations – critique of source
Section D Analysis
Cold War Ideas… • What the Cold War caused more by conflicting ideology or by geopolitical concerns? • How did personalities and leadership of individuals impact the Cold War? • What events led to the specific crisis investigated? • What were the short and long-term impacts of a particular development? • How did domestic issues impact developments of the Cold War?
Section E Conclusion
Cold War Ideas… • What the Cold War caused more by conflicting ideology or by geopolitical concerns? • How did personalities and leadership of individuals impact the Cold War? • What events led to the specific crisis investigated? • What were the short and long-term impacts of a particular development? • How did domestic issues impact developments of the Cold War?
Section F Sources
Cold War Ideas… • What the Cold War caused more by conflicting ideology or by geopolitical concerns? • How did personalities and leadership of individuals impact the Cold War? • What events led to the specific crisis investigated? • What were the short and long-term impacts of a particular development? • How did domestic issues impact developments of the Cold War?