University:
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Course:
HISTORY 225 | Explorations In Third World History
Academic year:

2019
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267

Pages:

2
Author:

Marilyn James

1) The Post-War period saw intense and systemic changes to culture and social roles of Europe. a) Explain one way in which European women’s economic roles changed during the twentieth century. b) Explain one way in which women continued to face social inequalities in Europe during the twentieth century. c) Explain another social or cultural change in European society, not relating to the role of women. 2) Post-War Europe appeared to reach new levels of consensus concerning inter-state unity and cooperation. a) Describe one specific example of increased European inter-state cooperation and its effect on Europe. b) Describe one example of Europe’s changing relationship with, and position in, the global order. c) One example of a negative reaction to the increased globalism and international cooperation of postwar Europe. 3) At the conclusion of WWII and throughout the postwar period, the State took an ever larger role in the lives of its citizens, particularly in Western Europe. a) Describe one specific example of a change in the role of the state in daily life in Western Europe during the period 1945 to 2000. b) Describe one criticism of the increased role of the state in daily life in Western Europe from 1945 to 2000 c) Using a specific example from the period 1945 to 1991, explain how Eastern European states attempted to limit individual rights. 4) The Soviet Union was officially dissolved in 1991. a) Identify and describe one political reason for the fall of the Eastern Bloc and Soviet Union b) Identify and describe one economic reason for the fall of the Eastern Bloc and Soviet Union c) Identify and describe one social reason for the fall of the Eastern Bloc and Soviet Union 5) WWII had brought unprecedented levels of destruction to the European continent, and resulted in an intense reordering of the European Political order as it entered what became known as the Cold War A) Describe one economic struggle that faced Europe in the years from 1945-1960. B) Describe Social or Political struggle that faced Europe in years from 1945-1960. C) One way in which the United States and the Soviet Union took an increasingly dominant role in European affairs in the years following WWII in the period from 1945-1960