History Test Prep

test on 9th of may 2025

How is the American lifestyle characterized?

Through the consumption of fashionable clothing, cars and other goods that allowed people to live in style and comfort.

The expression "Make love, not war" is associated with which movement?

The expression "make love, not war" is associated with the hippie movement that defended peace, love and freedom.

Hippie Movement

What award did Martin Luther King receive? Why?

Nobel Peace Prize, for his work in favor of civil rights and racial equality in the United States of America.

Describes Martin Luther King's dream that he presented in his speech in August 1963.

Martin Luther King dreams that in the state of Georgia there will be brotherhood between the children of slaves and the white population. He dreams that the United States of America will be a country where people will be judged by their character and not by the color of their skin.

Between the end of World War II and the 1970s, the USA suffered a deep economic and social crisis, job opportunities were limited and industrial development was very incipient.

TRUE

The American industrial sectors that developed the most were in the areas of energy, computing, electronics and aeronautics.

true

North American economic development was based on the creation of a new corporate model, the uninational, which is a large company headquartered in one country and with interests in various parts of the world.

False

The American way of life is an American lifestyle based on the idea that people benefit from consumer goods that allow them to enjoy a life of greater comfort.

TRUE

The biggest demographic consequence of the end of World War II in the USA was the increase in population.

TRUE

the sector of the economy in which most Americans worked after World War II

Tertiary sector

Explain how consumer society is characterized

Due to the high consumption of goods and services that leads to a massive consumption of non-essential goods. This society is stimulated by advertising, marketing, shopping centers and credit sales.

Pacifist groups

Against war and violence.

Feminist groups

Fought for equal rights between men and women

Ecological groups

Fought for environmental protection

Hippie groups

Promoted peace, love, and counterculture

Student groups

Demanded better education

What measures were provided for in the Treaty of Rome to establish a common market?

The elimination, between Member States, of customs duties; the establishment of a common customs tariff and a common commercial policy towards third countries and the abolition, between Member States, of obstacles to the free movement of persons, services and capital.

What can move freely between member states, without obstacles?

People, services and capital

Which countries were part of the EEC in 1986?

Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Germany, United Kingdom, Greece, Ireland, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg.

The reason for the creation of the ECSC

The formation of an economic space that would rival the USA and the USSR and promote a more developed, fair and supportive society

How was the Estado Novo supported externally?

By the Americans and English who publicly expressed support for keeping Salazar in power.

Why is the opposition to the regime desperate?

Because Great Britain recognizes and appreciates the help of the Estado Novo during World War II.

Why, in Humberto Delgado's opinion, is the electoral act important?

Because it will decide the future of the nation.

What was the Minister of Economy's opinion regarding the importance of industry?(portuguese estado novo)

Because the industry, in itself and due to the wages it pays, is a strong consumer of other industrial products.

how did the emigrant intend to live his retirement?

In a house built on his land in Portugal.

The opposition candidate for the 1949 presidential election was

General Norton de Matos.

The 1949 electoral act was won by

General Oscar Carmona

The opposition candidate for the 1958 presidential election was

General Humberto Delgado

The 1958 electoral act was won by

Admiral Americo Thomaz

The opposition candidate for the 1958 presidential election

lost the election due to electoral fraud.

With the emergence of opposition candidates, Salazar changed

the system for electing the President of the Republic, who was elected by an electoral college trusted by the regime

The backwardness of the rural world led many of the inhabitants of the interior to rural exodus towards the large coastal cities.

TRUE

In the 60s and 70s, Portuguese emigration decreased, because living conditions improved significantly.

False

The choice of different emigration destinations was based on familiarity with the language.

False

Emigration brought advantages to the country, due to the remittances in foreign currency sent by emigrants.

True

Who was the leader of PAIGC

Amilcar Cabral

Who was the leader of FRELIMO

Augustine Neto

What did the PAIGC, FRELIMO and the MPLA intend?

The independence of the territories of Cape Verde, Guinea, Mozambique and Angola.

n what years did the Colonial War in Guinea and Mozambique begin?

In 1963 and 1964

How does the regime show its opposition to decolonization?

Through propaganda.

In terms of the human costs of the war for Portugal, what was the biggest consequence?

They were the injured.

Explain why Salazar did not want decolonization

Because he defended that our country was multi-continental and multi-racial, extending from "Minho to Timor".

Locates the beginning of the Colonial War in time and space

It started in March 1961 in Angola.