WOH 2001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Communist Party Of China, International Monetary Fund, Marshall Plan
• (ow did the Soviet Union’s victory in World War )) change its’ regime and
power?
o Gave immense credibility to the communist regime and to its’ leader,
Joseph Stalin
o Celebrations on May 9th, Victory Day
o Veterans were honored
o Communist parties took power all across Eastern Europe
o Communist takeover in China in 1949
o Allowed the Chinese Communist Party to gain support and credibility
by leading the struggle against Japan
o By 1950, the communist world seemed to many in the West very
much on the offensive
• Which international organizations were created after World War II?
o The United Nations- established in 1945 as a successor to the League
of Nations; forum for international opinion; did not resolve major
problems of the Cold War
o 1945- The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund were
created whose purpose was to regulate the global economy, prevent
another depression, and stimulate economic growth, especially in the
poorer nations
o They all shared the dominant presence of the United States; the
United States emerged as a global superpower after World War II
• How was Europe able to recover from the devastation of war?
o The resiliency of an industrial society, once it had been established
o The ability of the major Western European countries to integrate their
recovering economies
o The United States served as a reservoir of military manpower,
economic resources, and political leadership for the West as a whole.
• The 20th century is the American century. Agree or disagree?
o Agree
o Provide power, money, location for international organizations
• What was the Marshall Plan?
o Funneled into Europe $12 billion (with advisors and technicians)
o Motivated by humanitarian concern, desire to prevent a new
depression by creating overseas customers for American industrial
goods, and an interest in undermining the growing appeal of
European communist parties
o It was successful; between 1948 and the 1970s, Western European
economies grew rapidly, generating widespread prosperity and
improving living standards
o Required its’ European recipients to cooperate with one another
• What was the goal of NATO?
o North Atlantic Treaty Organization
o Military and political alliance
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Document Summary
Italy: germany, mussolini"s party, the black shirts. Democratic government that ran germany: weimar republic. Name of hitlers book: meim kampf (cid:523)(cid:498)my struggle(cid:499)(cid:524) How is japan similar to italy and germany: limited experience with democracy. What japanese industry was seriously affected: silk. How did japan see themselves in comparison to the us: loyal to empereor, had more patriotism more loyal to their country. Japan"s slogan? (cid:498)asia for asians(cid:499) should have been (cid:498)asia for japanese(cid:499) Why did japan attack pearl harbor: felt they had 2 options, could lift embargo if won war. Japan: 3 allied coutries, gb, sovet union, france, where did germany first invade and in what direction, poland, ussr, east, what did gb and france do when hitler invaded countries, appeasement. Diff between ww1 and ww2: line between civilians and soldiers was blurred. Japanese crime against chinese: rape of nanjing.
