The Cold War: History, Events, and Impact
The Cold War
- Tense international relations from 1947-1991
- Two blocs: United States and Soviet Union
- Iron Curtain (Churchill)
Characteristics
- Bipolar order
- Arms race
- Areas of influence
- Propaganda
- Threat of war
- Regional conflicts
- Espionage and secret services
The Western Bloc
- Truman Doctrine: containment of communism
- Marshall Plan: European Recovery program, economic aid
- NATO: military alliance
Soviet Bloc
- Satellite states: economically and politically under its control
- Comecon: economic coordination and mutual help
- Warsaw
Pre-Colonial Literature and European Expansionism
Pre-Colonial Literature Til 1620. What drove European expansionism/colonization in the first place? During the 14th and 15th centuries, a series of factors drove Europeans to expand and in some cases, colonize. Some of those factors were the conflicts that England took part in, like the Hundred Years’ War (1337-1453) against France; the War of the Roses (1455-1485) between two English dynasties and the Reconquista. These conflicts created an intensely local and regional ordeal. Another important
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UNIT 11
WHY DID THE RESTORATION GO INTO CRISIS?
Unsatisfactory reforms and growing opposition
The government of Alfonso XIII tried to implement measures to regenerate the country. Conservative Partí member Antonio Maura launched a revolution from above. Jose Canalejas Liberal Party tried to reduce the influence of the church in public life and education. They also introduced the first laws protecting workers and a first step in political decentralization. However, caciquismo and the manipulation of
Read MoreVirginia Woolf: Life, Works, and Impact on Literature
Virginia Woolf
She was born in 1882 in London into a highly intellectual family.
Her father was a philosopher and her brother studied at Cambridge University, she and her sister study at home.
She meets her brother’s friends, artists, intellectuals, literary critics and they form the ‘Bloomsbury Group’
Bloomsbury is the borough of London.
They rejected Queen Victoria and believed in art, friendship and social progress.
This group was very important and included many of the prominent figures of the time.
From Dictatorship to Democracy: The Spanish Transition
1. From dictatorship to democracy.
- 1.1. Franco’s dictatorship (1939-1975). Franco assumed all powers, he approved the laws. There was no constitution, but there was a set of laws called fundamental laws. FET y de la JONS was the only legal party, which included groups that had supported the uprising against the Second Republic. Rights and liberties were abolished. All expressions of regional nationalism were banned, the Basque and Catalan Statutes of autonomy were annulled. Franco’s dictatorship
Metis and Country-Born: Red River Rebellion and Beyond
History Test
Test: May 19 Friday
Pemmican – dried meat, pounded and flavored with fat and local berries
Metis – People of mixed European and First Nations ancestry (descendants of European fur traders and First Nations)
Country born – People of mixed British and First Nations ancestry
Provisional government – a temporary government put in place until a permanent one is established
Treaties – legal documents outline agreements between nations
Reserves – land set aside for exclusive use by First Nations
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