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Unit 4: Challenge and change in the post-war world, 1945-2010

9 dot points across 9 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

How did Cold War crises between 1956 and 1962 bring the superpowers closest to nuclear war?

How did the Cold War extend into Asia between 1949 and 1953, and what were the consequences?

How did the European empires in Asia and Africa come to an end between 1947 and 1980?

How did apartheid in South Africa come to an end between 1948 and 1994?

Why did the Cold War end peacefully between 1985 and 1991?

How did the wartime alliance break down into a divided Europe and a global Cold War between 1945 and 1949?

How did the US civil rights movement challenge segregation and change American law and society between 1954 and 1968?

Why did the Vietnam War (1954 to 1975) become a defining Cold War conflict, and why did the United States lose?

How did the women's liberation movement change Western societies between 1960 and 1980?