Why did France follow a path that was different from Britain's with regard to its colonies? What effect did that policy have on Cold War tensions?
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
1. France's drive to reassert international prestige after the Nazi occupation of World War II
2. How the French colony in Algeria differed from most British colonies due to its large European settler population
3. How France's failure in Indochina led to a redoubling of its efforts rather than the acceptance of decolonization, as seen in the British case
4. How Communist victory in Indochina precipitated American attempts to check Communist expansion during the Cold War, ultimately resulting in involvement in the Vietnam War
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What were the reasons for Mughal decline and fall?
What will be an ideal response?
Craftworkers such as carpenters, printers, and tailors formed unions, and in 1834 individual unions came together in the
A. National Trades' Union. B. American Federation of Labor. C. Allied Craftworkers Union. D. Congress of Industrial Organizations.
How did the creation of Democratic-Republican societies in 1793 and 1794 transform political life in the United States?
A) American citizens began to rally behind the Federalist Party. B) Many Americans became interested in national politics. C) The Republican Party split into two factions. D) Americans were easily taken in by propaganda.
According to the proponents of the Domino Theory, which of the following would be the most likely consequence of the inability of the United States to prevent the "dominoes" (meaning unstable nations) from falling to the communists?
A) It would give the Allied powers superiority over the Axis powers. B) It would trigger a third world war between the communist and noncommunist nations. C) It would begin a process of communist world domination. D) It would adversely affect relations between the Soviet Union and China. E) It would restrict Western colonial development in the communist nations.