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Unit 1: The World in Crisis
1. Impact of World War I in Europe14 Topics-
Impact of World War I
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The Treaty of Versailles
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Terms of the Treaty of Versailles
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Did the terms of the Treaty of Versailles meet the aims of the countries involved?
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German Reactions to the Treaty of Versailles
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Historians’ Interpretations of the Treaty of Versailles
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Origins of the League of Nations
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Aims of the League of Nations
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Structure of the League of Nations
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Peacekeeping Measures of the League of Nations
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Was the League of Nations successful in handling territorial disputes in the 1920s?
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Reasons for the Weakness of the League of Nations (I)
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Reasons for the Weakness of the League of Nations (II)
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Reasons for the Weakness of the League of Nations (III)
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Impact of World War I
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2. Stalin's Soviet Union12 Topics
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Creation of the Soviet Union and Authoritarian Government
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Rise of Stalin (Introduction)
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Rise of Stalin (Non-Disclosure of Lenin’s Testament)
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Rise of Stalin (Leon Trotsky)
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Rise of Stalin (Stalin’s Manipulations)
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Rise of Stalin (Conclusion)
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Stalin’s Dictatorship (Five-Year Plans)
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Stalin’s Dictatorship (Economic Impact)
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Stalin’s Dictatorship (Political Impact)
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Stalin’s Dictatorship (Social Impact)
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Stalin’s Dictatorship (Impact of Policies on Various Social Groups)
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Stalin’s Dictatorship (Conclusion)
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Creation of the Soviet Union and Authoritarian Government
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3. Hitler's Germany27 Topics
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Introduction
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Weaknesses of the Weimar Government
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Hyperinflation
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Impact of the Great Depression on Germany
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Hitler's Leadership Abilities (Nazi Ideology)
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Hitler’s Leadership Abilities (Charisma and Oratorical Skills)
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Hitler’s Leadership Abilities (Exploitation of the Fears of Communism)
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Hitler’s Leadership Abilities (Skilfulness at Making Deals with Politicians)
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Hitler’s Leadership Abilities (Reorganising the Nazi Party)
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Political Impact of Hitler’s Ruling (Consolidation of power)
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Political Impact of Hitler’s Ruling (Reichstag Fire, 27 February 1933)
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Political Impact of Hitler’s Ruling (Enabling Act, 23 March 1933)
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Political Impact of Hitler’s Ruling (One Party Rule, July 1933)
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Political Impact of Hitler’s Ruling (Night of the Long Knives, June 1934)
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Political Impact of Hitler’s Ruling (Creation of the Fuehrer position, August 1934)
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Economic Impact of Hitler’s Ruling (Re-employment)
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Economic Impact of Hitler’s Ruling (Rise of Big Industrialists)
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Economic Impact of Hitler’s Ruling (Control of Trade Unions)
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Economic Impact of Hitler’s Ruling (Organising Workers’ Leisure Time)
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Economic Impact of Hitler’s Ruling (Militarisation)
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Social Impact of Hitler’s Ruling (Propaganda)
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Social Impact of Hitler’s Ruling (Censorship)
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Social Impact of Hitler’s Ruling (Rise of the Secret Police)
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Social Impact of Hitler’s Ruling (Persecution of Jews and Other Minority Groups)
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Social Impact of Hitler’s Ruling (Role of Women in Nazi Germany)
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Social Impact of Hitler’s Ruling (Hitler Youth)
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Summary
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Introduction
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4. Outbreak WWII in Europe13 Topics
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Weaknesses of the League of Nations
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Failure of Disarmament
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1935 Abyssinian Crisis
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Hitler’s Expansionist Policy (Introduction)
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Hitler’s Expansionist Policy (Withdrawal From League of Nations and Geneva Disarmament Conference)
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Hitler’s Expansionist Policy (Conscription and Rearmament)
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Hitler’s Expansionist Policy (Involvement In the Spanish Civil War)
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Hitler’s Expansionist Policy (German Unification with Austria)
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Hitler’s Expansionist Policy (Czechoslovakia)
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Hitler’s Expansionist Policy (Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact)
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Hitler’s Expansionist Policy (Invasion of Poland)
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Reasons for the Policy of Appeasement
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Examples of Appeasement
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Weaknesses of the League of Nations
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5. Germany's Defeat in World War II21 Topics
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The Entry of the US into the War
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US Indirect Involvement (Cash and Carry’ to the Lend-Lease Act)
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US Indirect Involvement (Arsenal of Democracy)
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US Indirect Involvement (Fireside Chats and Aids)
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US Formal Entry into WWII
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US in WWII (Contribution of Vast Resources and Manpower)
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US in WWII (Collaboration with Allies on Military Strategies)
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US in WWII (Control of the Air)
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US in WWII (Control of the Sea)
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US in WWII (D-Day)
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Germany’s Weaknesses and Miscalculations (Introduction)
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Germany's Ineffective Command Structure
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Germany's Inappropriate Use of Resources and Military Funds
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Germany’s Heavy Reliance on Petroleum
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Germany’s War On Two Fronts
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Germany’s Weaknesses and Miscalculations(Conclusion)
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Allied Resistance (Reorganisation of the Soviet Union)
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Allied Resistance (British Resistance to German Invasion)
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Allied Resistance (Resistance Movements in Nazi-Occupied Countries)
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Allied Resistance (Conclusion)
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End of the War for Germany
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The Entry of the US into the War
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6. Outbreak War in Asia Pacific6 Topics
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7. Japan's Defeat10 Topics
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Japanese Aggression in the Asia-Pacific After the US Declaration of War
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Reasons for the Defeat of Japan (USA I)
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Reasons for the Defeat of Japan (USA II)
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Reasons for the Defeat of Japan (USA III)
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Ineffective Defence of Overextended Japanese Empire
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Reasons for the Dropping of the Atomic Bombs (I)
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Reasons for the Dropping of the Atomic Bombs (II)
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Reasons for the Dropping of the Atomic Bombs (III)
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Reasons for the Dropping of the Atomic Bombs (IV)
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The Dropping of the Atomic Bombs
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Japanese Aggression in the Asia-Pacific After the US Declaration of War
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Unit 2: Bi-Polarity and the Cold War8. Reasons for the Cold War in Europe21 Topics
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Ideological Conflict between the US and the Soviet Union
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Continuing Distrust in a Necessary Alliance during World War II
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Yalta Conference
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Potsdam Conference
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American Nuclear Monopoly
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Post-World War II Years: Worsening Relations between the US and the Soviet Union
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Destruction and Decline of the Major European Powers at the End of World War II
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Superpower Rivalry and the United Nations
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End of Wartime Alliance
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Establishment of Soviet Satellite States in Eastern Europe
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Kennan’s Long Telegram
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Iron Curtain Speech
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The Truman Doctrine
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The Marshall Plan
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Soviet Responses to US Containment Policy
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Carving Out Political and Economic Spheres of Influence
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Reasons for Superpower Confrontation in the Berlin Blockade
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Events Leading Up to the Berlin Blockade
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Formation of Military Alliances (NATO)
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Formation of Military Alliances (Warsaw Pact)
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Extension and International Impact of the Cold War in the 1950s and early 1960s
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Ideological Conflict between the US and the Soviet Union
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9. The Korean War19 Topics
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Objectives
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Background of the Korean War
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Post-War Occupation of Korea: Partition of Korea
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Formation of Two Koreas
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Attempts to Achieve Unification by South and North Korean Leaders
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Significance of Korea to the USSR and Communist Bloc
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Impact of Developments in the Soviet Union & China on US Foreign Policy
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Military and Strategic Imbalance Between North and South Korea
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To What Extent Was the Korean War More of A Civil War Than A Proxy War?
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Lead-Up to the Korean War (I)
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Lead-Up to the Korean War (II)
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Lead-Up to the Korean War (III)
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Outbreak and the Development of the Korean War
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Development From Civil War to Proxy War (I)
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Development From Civil War to Proxy War (II)
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Development From Civil War to Proxy War (III)
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Armistice Talks
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Expansion of the Cold War Beyond Europe
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Intensified American Involvement in the Asia-Pacific
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Objectives
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10. Cuban Missile Crisis25 Topics
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Background to the Cuban Missile Crisis
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Tensions Between the US and Cuba (I)
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Tensions Between the US and Cuba (II)
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Tensions Between the US and Cuba (III)
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Tensions Between the US and Cuba (IV)
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Escalating Tensions Due to American Retaliation Against Cuba
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American Attempts to Remove Castro From Power
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Cuba’s formal alliance with the Soviet Union Crisis
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Why did the US and the Soviet Union go to the brink of nuclear war in 1962?
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Soviet Installation of Missiles in Cuba
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American discovery of the missile deployment
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Escalation of Tensions During the Cuban Missile Crisis (I)
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Escalation of Tensions During the Cuban Missile Crisis (II)
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Escalation of Tensions During the Cuban Missile Crisis (III)
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The Immediate Response of the Soviet Union and Cuba to the Blockade
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Road of the Resolution of the Crisis (I)
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Road of the Resolution of the Crisis (II)
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Road of the Resolution of the Crisis (III)
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Road of the Resolution of the Crisis (IV)
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Road of the Resolution of the Crisis (V)
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Factors Leading to the Resolution of the Crisis (I)
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Factors Leading to the Resolution of the Crisis (II)
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The Aftermath of the Crisis (I)
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The Aftermath of the Crisis (II)
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The Aftermath of the Crisis (III)
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Background to the Cuban Missile Crisis
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11. The End of Cold War19 Topics
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Lesson Objectives
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Conclusion
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Reduction of Tensions Due to Détente
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Stalling and Abandonment of Détente
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Long Term Developments Contributing to the End of the Cold War
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American Economic and Military superiority (I)
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American Economic and Military superiority (II)
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Structural Weaknesses of the Command Economy Compared to the Free Market Economy
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Continued Lack of Consumer Goods and Low Quality of Life
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External Economic Burdens of the Soviet Union
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Increasing Resistance Within the Communist Bloc
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Ascension of Gorbachev
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Gorbachev’s Reforms (I)
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Gorbachev’s Reforms (II)
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Gorbachev’s Reforms (III)
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End of Cold War (I)
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End of Cold War (II)
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End of Cold War (III)
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End of Cold War (IV)
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Lesson Objectives
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Creation of the Soviet Union and Authoritarian Government
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By 1924, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) or Soviet Union was governed by a centralised, one-party (Communist Party) authoritarian government.
The emblem of the Communist Party was that of a hammer and a sickle
- The hammer represents industrial workers and the sickle represents those who worked on the land: together they would forge a new society of equals, a new prosperity in which all would share.
Lenin played a significant role in the establishment of the Soviet Union. Under his leadership, Russia underwent a process of centralisation and bureaucratisation.
Reasons for centralisation under the Communist Party:
- Allowed for quick decisions to be made. The Politburo (an inner ruling group of around seven people at the top of the Communist Party) was thus created in 1919 as the key decision-making body that took control of the soviets across Russia.
- Allowed nationalisation of key industries, agriculture & railway systems to optimise resource development.
• Measures taken to enforce the `Dictatorship of the Proletariat’:
- Forced closure of the democratic Constituent Assembly – enabled the Party and its ruling committee, rather than the people, to select the country’s leadership
- Established the Cheka – a secret police corps to monitor and eliminate opponents
- Controlled media through state-run newspapers like Pravda. Banned opposition parties.