AP EUROPEAN CHAPTER 29 STUDY GUIDE



AP EUROPEAN CHAPTER 29 STUDY GUIDE

“The Cold War Era, Decolonization, and the Emergence of a New Europe”

Section 1 – The Emergence of the Cold War

1. At the end of WWII how did the U.S. and the Soviet Union view each others political and economic motives?

2. Define containment. How did the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan attempt to enforce this policy?

3. Discuss the outcome of Stalin’s Warsaw meeting held in the fall of 1947 and the resulting impact on the governments of Eastern Europe.

4. How did the Allies differ with the Soviet Union over post-WWII German economic policy?

5. What was the purpose of the Berlin Blockade? How was it resolved?

6. Explain the purpose of NATO, COMECON, and the Warsaw Pact. What was the resulting impact on the Cold War?

7. What prompted support for the creation of a Jewish state in Palestine?

8. How did the creation of Israel and the resulting Arab-Israeli conflict directly impact the world’s super powers?

Section 2 – The Khrushchev Era in the Soviet Union

9. Discuss the ways that the Khrushchev Era attempted to “de-Stalinize” the domestic policies of

the Soviet Union.

10. What was the impact of Khrushchev’s secret speech on both the Soviet Union and its Eastern

European satellite nations?

11. Discuss the significance of the Suez Crisis and Hungarian uprising as they relate to the

influence of the superpowers on Cold War events.

Section 3 – Later Cold War Confrontations

12. Discuss the events surrounding Sputnik, the U-2 incident, the construction of the Berlin Wall,

and the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Section 4 – The Brezhenev Era

13. Explain the circumstances surrounding Czechoslovakia’s Prague Spring and the resulting

declaration of the Brezhnev Doctrine.

14. How was the policy of détente carried out between the U.S. and Soviet Union in the 1960’s

and 1970’s?

15. What was the U.S. response to the Soviet Union’s invasion of Afghanistan in 1979? How did

this conflict ultimately impact the Soviet Union?

16. How did Lech Walesa and Solidarity contribute to increased independence for Poland from

Communist control?

Section 5 – Decolonization: The European Retreat from Empire

17. Discuss the circumstances of WWII that led to rapid decolonization in the years that followed.

18. How did Mohandas Gandhi contribute to Indian independence from Great Britain?

19. What political and economic actions did Britain take as they retreated from their overseas

empire?

Section 6 – The Turmoil of French Decolonization

20. Why did France insist on maintaining a colonial presence in Algeria and Indochina following

WWII? What were the end results?

Section 7 – The Collapse of European Communism

21. What events transpired in the Soviet Union between 1964-82 that would threaten continued

Communist control?

22. Discuss the political and economic actions of Mikhail Gorbachev that would lead to the collapse

of the Soviet Empire.

23. Explain the events that led to successful independence movements in Poland, Hungary,

Czechoslovakia, and Romania in 1989, and to the reunification of Germany in that same year.

24. Identify Boris Yeltsin. Discuss the role he played in the August 1991 Coup and the collapse of

the Soviet Union.

25. Discuss the economic and political challenges faced by Russia during the Yeltsin decade of the

1990’s.

Section 8 – The Collapse of Yugoslavia and Civil War

26. Explain the events that transpired in Yugoslav affairs that required the use of NATO forces on

two occasions in the 1990’s.

Section 9 – Putin and the Resurgence of Russia

27. What steps have been taken by Vladimir Putin to stabilize economic and political life in Russia

since 2000?

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