DP History Questionbank

Description

This section focuses on domestic concerns and political developments after 1945. The majority of states in the Americas experienced social, economic and political changes and challenges. Political responses to these forces varied from country to country: from the continuation of democracy to multi-class “populist” alliances to outright conflict, revolution and the establishment of authoritarian regimes in the 1960s and 1970s. Areas of study include: conditions for the rise to power of new leaders; economic and social policies; treatment of minorities.

• United States: domestic policies of Truman, Eisenhower and Kennedy

• Johnson and “the Great Society”; Nixon’s domestic reforms

• Canada: domestic policies from Diefenbaker to Clark and Trudeau (both were prime ministers in 1979)

• Causes and effects of the Silent (or Quiet) Revolution

• Populist leaders in Latin America: rise to power; characteristics of populist regimes; social, economic and political policies; the treatment of opposition; successes and failures (suitable examples could be Perón, Vargas or any relevant Latin American leader)

• The Cuban Revolution: political, social, economic causes; impact on the region

• Rule of Fidel Castro: political, economic, social and cultural policies; treatment of minorities; successes and failures

• Military regimes in Latin America: rationale for intervention; challenges; policies; successes and failures

Directly related questions

• 16N.3op2.HL.TZ0.17:

  Evaluate the extent to which the domestic policies of one Latin American leader during the period from 1945 to 1979 were populist.

• 16N.3op2.HL.TZ0.18:

  Evaluate the impact of one military regime in Latin America between 1945 and 1979.
  Note: Castro’s Cuba is not an appropriate example for this question.