MR SPENCE HISTORY
Breakdown of an Alliance
Key Content
• Role of ideology
• Competing economic visions
• Soviet actions 1945-1949
• US actions 1945-1949​
Potential IA Questions
How far did the 1863 Polish uprising inspire the pan-Slav movement ?
How deep was anti-western sentiment in Russia following the Crimean War?
How credible was the 'Russian Panic' of the 1880s ?
How deep was anti-Russian sentiment in the USA at the outbreak of the First World War?
How far did the idea of mainfest destiny influence Theodore Roosevelt's foreign policy?
How far was the NEP a response to the failure of the Russian revolution to spread into Europe ?
How successful was the Comintern 1919-1929?
 Why did President Wilson intervene in the Russian Civil War?
How far was White Russian leadership responsible for the failure in Siberia?
 How great was the influence of the Allied intervention on Stalin's views of those powers?
How far was repression responsible for the comintern's failure in the USA 1919-1929?
How far did relations improve between the USA and the USSR in the 1920s?
Why did Japan join the First World War?
How successful was the Japanese campaign at Tsingtao?
Why did Japan not send troops to Europe in the First World?
How important was Japan's contribution to the First World War?
How far did the Renaissance improve the lives for the women of Milan?
Why did Japan issue the 21 Demands in 1915?
How far were Japan's 21 Demands a foreign policy misstep?
How far did Japan benefit from the Paris Peace Conference?
Why did the League of Nations not adopt the Racial Equality clause?
How deep was the Japanese anger at the rejection of the Racial Equality clause?
Why significant was the Washington Naval Conference in promoting disarmament?
How successful was the Washington Naval Conference for Japan?
How representative was the Japanese government in the 1920s?
How extreme was Hirohito's education?
How far did US and Japanese relations deteriorate between Washington and Manchuria?
How far did Japanese military discipline deteriorate in the 1920s?
Who far did the Japanese public embrace kokutai principles during the 1920s?
How authoritarian was Hirohito?
Does the Kellogg-Briand Pact have significance?
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Why was Zhang Zoulin assasinated?
Was the Mukden Incident solely initiated by members of the Kwantung army?
Why did the 1936 Army mutiny in Tokyo fail?
Why did Hirohito back the Kwantung armies actions in Manchuria?
Why did China fail to resist the Japanese takeover in Manchuria?
Why was the 1932 Japanese action in Shanghai unsuccessful?
How objective was the Lytton Commission?
How far did America abrogate its responsibilites to support China during the Manchurian Crisis?
How justified was the Japanese reaction to the Lytton Report?
Was Chiang's flooding of the Yellow River Valley justifiable?
How great was the Soviet victory at Nomnhan?
Why did the Marco Polo incident escalate into a war?
How significant was the Hirota government's foreign policy reforms?
How far was Puyi a puppet of the Japanese?
How beneficial was Manchukuo to Japan?
How damaging was the kidnapping of Chiang Kai-Shek to his authority?
How significant was the movement of industry to China during the Second Sino-Japanese War?
How effective were guerilla fighters during the Second Sino-Japanese war?
How significant was the 100 Regiments campaign to the Chinese war effort?
How important was Soviet assistance to the Nationalists in the Second Sino-Japanese War?
Why was Japan defeated at the Battle of Changsha?
How far was Chiang Kai Shek responsible for the Nationalist defeat at Shanghai?
Why did the Japanese not assist their Germany in June 1941?
How far could Roosevelt freezing Japanese assets in July 1941 be seen as an act of war?
How far did the US public become more interventionist in 1941?
Why did President Roosevelt move the Pacific Fleet to Pearl Harbour?
Did Cordell Hull issue Japan an ultimatum on 25 November 1941??
How genuine were Japanese attempts to reach an accomodation with the USA in November 1941 ?
How supportive was Emperor Hirohito of the attack on Pearl Harbor?