AP European History AMSCO Guided Notes
9.1: Contextualizing Cold War and Contemporary Europe
AMSCO Guided Notes
AP European History Guided Notes
AMSCO 9.1 - Contextualizing Cold War and Contemporary Europe
Essential Questions
- What was the context in which the Cold War developed, spread, and ended in Europe?
I. The Cold War Develops
1. What were the ideological differences between the United States and Soviet Union that led to the Cold War despite their World War II alliance?
2. What were the competing post-war plans for Europe held by the United States and the Soviet Union?
II. The Cold War Spreads
1. What were NATO and the Warsaw Pact, and how did they represent the division of Europe during the Cold War?
2. How did the arms race and space race demonstrate the economic competition between superpowers and reveal Soviet weaknesses?
3. What factors led to the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War in the early 1990s?
III. 20th-Century Changes and Movements
1. How did European nations shift from nationalism to cooperation and integration in the postwar era?
2. What was the mandate system and how did decolonization movements affect European control after World War II?
3. How did globalization and immigration transform European society and culture in the late 20th century?
4. What social movements emerged by the end of the 20th century to expand civil rights in Europe?