Transcript Internal Assessment - Sunny Hills High School

Topic Questions
 What factors led to the rise/fall of this single
party state?
 What successes and/or failures were achieved
by this SPS?
 What techniques were used by the SPS to
maintain itself in power? (Corruption?
Repression? Popular support? etc.)
 What major policy initiatives were undertaken
& with what results? (foreign &/or domestic)
 Who benefited most or who suffered most
under the SPS?
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Cardenas (Mexico)
Castro (Cuba)
Chiang Kai-shek
Diaz (Mexico)
Franco (Spain)
Ho Chi Minh
(Vietnam)
Lenin
Mao
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Mussolini
Peron (Argentina)
Pinochet (Chile)
PRI (Mexico)
Samoza (Nicaragua)
Stalin
Khrushchev
Tito (Yugoslavia)
Vargas (Brazil)
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What issues led to the conflict?
To what extent were these issues resolved
as a result of the conflict?
What new problems arose from the conflict?
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Wars/Revolutions for
Independence:
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United States, Cuba (1898), Vietnam
(1945-54), Haiti, Philippine
Insurrection, Algeria (1954-64)
Civil
Wars/Revolutions:
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Argentina "Dirty War" 1960s-70s
Chile Coup 1973
Chinese Civil War
Cuba 1953-59
El Salvador 1970s-80s
Guatemala 1954-80s
Mexican Revolution 1910-17
Nicaragua 1970s-80s
Philippine Insurrection 1901
Spanish Civil War 1936-38
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Foreign Wars:
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Arab-Israeli War 1948
Arab-Israeli War 1967
Arab-Israeli War 1973
German invasion Poland 1939
German invasion Russia 1941
Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor
1941
Japan's invasion of China 1937
Japan's invasion of Manchuria 1931
Korean War 1950-53
Russian entrance into WWI
U.S. and Vietnam War 1964-73
U.S. entrance into WWI
U.S. entrance into WWII
World War I
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What the Cold War caused more by conflicting
ideology or by geopolitical concerns?
How did personalities and leadership of
individuals impact the Cold War?
What events led to the specific crisis
investigated?
What were the short and long-term impacts of
a particular development?
How did domestic issues impact developments
of the Cold War?
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A-Bomb Decision
Bay of Pigs
Berlin Airlift
Berlin Wall
Cuban Missile Crisis
Cuba—Rise of Castro
Czechoslovakian Coup (1948)
Czechoslovakian Crisis (1968)
Geneva Accords (1954)—
division of Vietnam
Guatemalan Intervention
(1954)
Hungarian Uprising (1956)
Iranian Intervention (1953)
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Korean War
Marshall Plan
NATO-WARSAW PACT
Non-aligned Movement
Nuclear Arms Race
Post-War expansion of Soviet
control in Eastern Europe (Yalta1953)
Sino-Soviet Split
Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
Suez Crisis (1956)
Truman Doctrine
U.S. in Vietnam
Wartime diplomacy/breakdown of
wartime alliances (Casablanca—ABomb)
Yalta Conference and Agreements
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Choose any 20th century U.S. foreign policy
decision.
What were the official / public reasons or
goals for the decision?
Were there unofficial motives for the
decision (ulterior motives)?
To what extent were the goals
achieved? What factors contributed to the
success or failure of the policy?
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Annexation of Philippines
(and war to subdue
Filipinos)
Any tariff policy
Camp David Accords
Dawes Plan
Dollar Diplomacy
Germany-First strategy
Hoover-Stimson Doctrine
Kellogg-Briand Pact
Lend Lease Act
Neutrality legislation of
1930s
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Open Door Policy
Panama Canal actions
Rejection of membership in
League of Nations
Roosevelt Corollary to
Monroe Doctrine - specific
application
SALT I / II
Support for Contras/
Nicaragua
U.S. decision to enter WWI
U.S. intervention in Mexican
Revolution
Washington Naval Conference
Yalta Conference Decisions
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Why did the US enter WWI?
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Who was the better general, Lee or Grant?
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Get into specifics –maybe 2 events and weigh the two
as to which is most important
Were loans to Great Britain or unrestricted sub
warfare more influential in Wilson’s decision to enter
WWI?
Which attributes of each made them successful?
How did the US Civil War effect the Canadian
Confederation?
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Make it more specific…
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Did the Freedman’s Bureau have a significant
influence on freedom during Reconstruction
with regards to its attempts at providing
social welfare?
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“significant influence” = too broad
How did Adolf Hitler’s German-nationalism
viewpoints lead him to become dictator of
Germany?
How did the relationship between Abraham
Lincoln and his Cabinet members influence
his presidency?
Section B
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What the Cold War caused more by conflicting
ideology or by geopolitical concerns?
How did personalities and leadership of
individuals impact the Cold War?
What events led to the specific crisis
investigated?
What were the short and long-term impacts of
a particular development?
How did domestic issues impact developments
of the Cold War?
Section C
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Word limit: 400
Purpose: Assess the usefulness of the
sources
OPVL
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Title
Origin – academic credentials of author
Purpose
Value – why valuable in general and to you
Limitations – critique of source
Section D
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What the Cold War caused more by conflicting
ideology or by geopolitical concerns?
How did personalities and leadership of
individuals impact the Cold War?
What events led to the specific crisis
investigated?
What were the short and long-term impacts of
a particular development?
How did domestic issues impact developments
of the Cold War?
Section E
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What the Cold War caused more by conflicting
ideology or by geopolitical concerns?
How did personalities and leadership of
individuals impact the Cold War?
What events led to the specific crisis
investigated?
What were the short and long-term impacts of
a particular development?
How did domestic issues impact developments
of the Cold War?
Section F
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What the Cold War caused more by conflicting
ideology or by geopolitical concerns?
How did personalities and leadership of
individuals impact the Cold War?
What events led to the specific crisis
investigated?
What were the short and long-term impacts of
a particular development?
How did domestic issues impact developments
of the Cold War?