IB History Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards for IB History exam review.

Sebastian Doerr (Economist)

Studied the economic factors contributing to the rise of Nazi votes in Germany.

Ian Kershaw (British Historian)

Historian who studied Hitler's awareness of the Holocaust and his manipulation of people's weaknesses.

AJP Taylor (Historian)

Argued that Hitler gained power through manipulating people's weaknesses.

Jose Marti

Considered the intellectual author of the Cuban Revolution.

Herbert Matthews (American Journalist)

Provided early favorable coverage of Fidel Castro and the Cuban Revolution.

Gellately (American Historian)

Argued that Germans knew and supported government actions because they were not 'undesirables'.

Goebbels

Promoted the idea that Germans must succumb to Nazism and can never escape it.

CIA Document (1983)

Discussed Cuba's worldwide propaganda efforts against the U.S.

Elizard Sanchez (Cuban Dissident)

Criticized the CDR (Committees for the Defense of the Revolution) as a tool for repression.

Lisa Pines

Studied Nazi education and the role of youth in the new order.

Koonz (Historian Specializing in Women)

Studied the role of women in Nazi Germany and their contribution to the Nazi state.

Lena Campos Stephen

Studied the gender paradox in Cuba, where women's rights were promoted but patriarchy persisted.

Truman Doctrine

US policy of containment of USSR influence.

Kennan

Developed the concept of containment of Russian expansion.

La Feber (American Historian)

Stated that all threats to the west came from communism.

Artur Schlesinger Jr

Argued that Marxist-Leninism gave Russian leaders a world view in which non-communist states were a threat.

Kim Ill Sung

Main architect of the outbreak of the Korean War.

Claybourne Carson (Professor)

Argued Civil Rights movement would've been successful with or without MLK.

Robyn Spencer (Professor)

Offered balanced views on the Black Panther Party, recognizing necessity of militia but not glorifying violence.

Jacob Munoz

Analyzed Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique.

Howard Zinn

Characterized the sixties and seventies as a time of general revolt against oppressive ways of living.