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Fidel Castro overthrew the dictator of Cuba in _____. Promising ______ and instead instituting _______. 1959, free elections, a socialist dictatorship. In 1960 President ______ authorized the CIA to plan an invasion of Cuba using ______ as troops. Eisenhower, Cuban exiles. Eisenhower hoped that, in conjunction with the invasion, the Cuban people would ______ and install a _______. Overthrow Castro, pro-United States government. Eisenhower's second term ended before his p...

AQA A-level HISTORY 7042/1H Component 1H Tsarist and Communist Russia, 1855– 1964 Version: 1.0 Final IB/M/Jun23/E5 7042/1H A-level HISTORY Component 1H Tsarist and Communist Russia, 1855–1964 Wednesday 24 May 2023 Morning Time allowed: 2 hours 30 minutes Materials For this paper you must have: • an AQA 16-page answer book. Instructions • Use black ink or black ball-point pen. • Write the information required on the front of your answer book. The Paper Reference is 704...

Postwar America Practice test Question and Answers Accurately Solved Harry Truman - became president when FDR died and made the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japan Douglas MacArthur - becomes in charge of rebuilding Japan with Emperor Hirohito and named the Defacto Emperor George F. Kennan - an advocate of containment of Soviet expansion during the Cold War George Marshall - Leading planner of strategy for the Allies in WWII and served as secretary of sta...

UNIT XIX & XX TEST Saylor (Final Exam) Questions With 100% Correct Answer As president of the Fifth Republic, Charles de Gaulle Select one: a. formed a military dictatorship. b. tried to reunite Germany. c. freed Algeria. d. maintained French power over Algeria. - answerfreed Algeria. As Soviet leader, Khrushchev Select one: a. increased restrictions and repression. b. helped spread communism to Scandinavian nations. c. denounced Stalinist repression and restrictions. d. made some p...

The Cold War IB History Paper 2 What was the main impact of the Korean War on the Cold War? - The Korean War froze Sino-American relations into a pattern of hostility that would last two decades How did the Korean War (1950 - 1953) affect the Cold War? - It shifted the Cold War to be more focused on Asia and the resumption of limited, conventional warfare. -It spread the threat of Communism to Korea What was an event that happened right after World War II that made the US realize comm...

Postwar America Unit test Q&A Latest Update The plan would give European nations American aid to rebuild. The plan was an effort to fight hunger, poverty, and chaos was an American initiative to aid Western Europe, in which the United States gave $13 billion in economic support to help rebuild Western European economies after the end of World War II. - marshall plan keeping communism within its present territory through diplomatic, economic, and military actions - containment a mutual...

Feb 1945 Yalta conference May 1945 Germany surrenders Jul 1945 Potsdam Confrence Aug 1945 Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima & Nagasaki Sept 1945 Japanese Surrender Feb 1946 Kennan's long telegram March 1946 Iron curtain speech March 1947 Truman Doctrine begins June 1947 Marshall plan 1948 Berlin Blockade & Airlift Apr 1949 NATO formed May 1949 Berlin blockade ends May 1949 FRG created Aug 19...

WWII proved that ____ superiority was a required component for the success of land, sea and air operations Air What is the name of Germany's Air Force, which emphasized speed and concentration of forces to crush their enemies and spawned the term Blitzkrieg or "lightning war (1.9) The Luftwaffe. British Air Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding's Fighter Command had been preparing for a German onslaught since 1937 and used Sir Robert Watson-Watt's _____ innovation to create an effective, ...

CLASS VOCAB AFTER CHAPTERS (: LAST FULL UNIT, TURN TF UP ... CHAPTER 24 ... GI Bill of Rights legislation in June 1944 that eased the return of veterans into american society by providing educational and employment benefits baby boomers the name given to the generation of children born to the families of returning WW2 veterans between 1945 and 1960 United Nations an international organization launched at the end of WW2 with leadership from the US, Soviety unio...