DBQ
2011 Form "B"
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FRQ's
Unit XVI: Cold War, Union, Democracy, and Nationalism
The Cold War
(1975)
“Repeatedly in the course of modern European history a single state has threatened the balance
of power; these threats have been met by coalitions of powers which have dissolved when the threats were contained.”
Discuss this statement with regard to France under Louis XIV and the Soviet Union under
Stalin, and show how it would apply in each case.
(1987)
Analyze the ways in which the Cold War affected the political development of European nations from the end of the Second World War in 1945 to the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961.
(1991)
Describe and analyze the changing relationships between the Soviet Union and Eastern European countries from 1945 to 1970.
(1997)
Describe and analyze the resistance to Soviet authority in the Eastern bloc from the end of the Second World War through 1989. Be sure to include examples from at least two Soviet satellite countries.
(2001)
Compare and contrast the political and economic effects of the Cold War (1945-1991) on Western Europe with the effects on Eastern Europe.
(2003)
Analyze three reasons for the end of Soviet domination over Eastern Europe.
Post-war European Government, Economy and Union
(1974)
Discuss the role of economic and technological change as a factor in the consolidation of the nation-state in the 19th century and as a factor in the emergence of regional blocs of industrial states in the 20th century.
(‘74)
Analyze the transition in England and Germany from the economic individualism of the 19th century to the welfare state of the 20th century.
(1975)
Enumerate and explain some of the major causes that contributed to the oscillation from strong to weak governments in France during the period from 1789 to the founding of the Fifth Republic in 1958.
(1986)
Assess the strengths and weaknesses of the economic revival of Western Europe between 1945 and the 1970s.
(‘94)
Analyze the common political and economic problems facing Western European nations in the period 1945-1960 and discuss their responses to these problems.
(1998)
Using specific examples from Eastern and Western Europe, discuss economic development during the period 1945 to the present, focusing on ONE of the following:
a) Economic recovery and integration.
b) Development of the welfare state and its subsequent decline.
(2004)
Analyze the factors working for and against European unity from 1945 to 2001.
Post-war European Society, Art and Science
(1977)
“Every age projects its own image of man into its art.”
Assess the validity of this statement with reference to two representative 20th century European works in either the visual or literary arts.
(1986)
To what extent and in what ways has 20th century physics challenged the Newtonian view of the universe and society?
(1990)
Analyze the ways in which technology was an issue in European social activism between 1945 and 1970. Be sure to include three of the following: environmentalism, peace movements, student protests, women’s movements, worker’s movements.
(1992)
Analyze criticisms of European society presented by European authors in the period 1940 to 1970. Be sure to discuss at least two works.
(1993)
Compare and contrast the attitudes toward science and technology held by Enlightenment
thinkers with the various attitudes help by European artists and intellectuals in the 20th century.
(1995)
Identify four specific changes in science and technology, and explain their effects on Western European family and private life between 1918 and 1970.
(1996)
Compare and contrast the woman’s suffrage movements of the late nineteenth century and early twentieth centuries with the European feminist movements of the 1960s and 1970s.
Modern European Nationalism
(2002)
Many historians have suggested that since 1945, nationalism has been on the decline in Europe.
Using both political and economic examples from the period 1945 to 2000, evaluate the validity of this interpretation.
The Cold War
(1975)
“Repeatedly in the course of modern European history a single state has threatened the balance
of power; these threats have been met by coalitions of powers which have dissolved when the threats were contained.”
Discuss this statement with regard to France under Louis XIV and the Soviet Union under
Stalin, and show how it would apply in each case.
(1987)
Analyze the ways in which the Cold War affected the political development of European nations from the end of the Second World War in 1945 to the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961.
(1991)
Describe and analyze the changing relationships between the Soviet Union and Eastern European countries from 1945 to 1970.
(1997)
Describe and analyze the resistance to Soviet authority in the Eastern bloc from the end of the Second World War through 1989. Be sure to include examples from at least two Soviet satellite countries.
(2001)
Compare and contrast the political and economic effects of the Cold War (1945-1991) on Western Europe with the effects on Eastern Europe.
(2003)
Analyze three reasons for the end of Soviet domination over Eastern Europe.
Post-war European Government, Economy and Union
(1974)
Discuss the role of economic and technological change as a factor in the consolidation of the nation-state in the 19th century and as a factor in the emergence of regional blocs of industrial states in the 20th century.
(‘74)
Analyze the transition in England and Germany from the economic individualism of the 19th century to the welfare state of the 20th century.
(1975)
Enumerate and explain some of the major causes that contributed to the oscillation from strong to weak governments in France during the period from 1789 to the founding of the Fifth Republic in 1958.
(1986)
Assess the strengths and weaknesses of the economic revival of Western Europe between 1945 and the 1970s.
(‘94)
Analyze the common political and economic problems facing Western European nations in the period 1945-1960 and discuss their responses to these problems.
(1998)
Using specific examples from Eastern and Western Europe, discuss economic development during the period 1945 to the present, focusing on ONE of the following:
a) Economic recovery and integration.
b) Development of the welfare state and its subsequent decline.
(2004)
Analyze the factors working for and against European unity from 1945 to 2001.
Post-war European Society, Art and Science
(1977)
“Every age projects its own image of man into its art.”
Assess the validity of this statement with reference to two representative 20th century European works in either the visual or literary arts.
(1986)
To what extent and in what ways has 20th century physics challenged the Newtonian view of the universe and society?
(1990)
Analyze the ways in which technology was an issue in European social activism between 1945 and 1970. Be sure to include three of the following: environmentalism, peace movements, student protests, women’s movements, worker’s movements.
(1992)
Analyze criticisms of European society presented by European authors in the period 1940 to 1970. Be sure to discuss at least two works.
(1993)
Compare and contrast the attitudes toward science and technology held by Enlightenment
thinkers with the various attitudes help by European artists and intellectuals in the 20th century.
(1995)
Identify four specific changes in science and technology, and explain their effects on Western European family and private life between 1918 and 1970.
(1996)
Compare and contrast the woman’s suffrage movements of the late nineteenth century and early twentieth centuries with the European feminist movements of the 1960s and 1970s.
Modern European Nationalism
(2002)
Many historians have suggested that since 1945, nationalism has been on the decline in Europe.
Using both political and economic examples from the period 1945 to 2000, evaluate the validity of this interpretation.