IB History Kennedy's Alliance for Progress Key Definitions

Loading subject…

Post-war displacement in Europe (1945-1960)

Indochina refugee crisis (1975-1990)

Feminism in the USA (1960-1979)

Revolution in Tunisia (1989-2015)

Egypt: Nasser

Cuba: Castro

China: Mao

Germany: Hitler

Why did popular movements emerge?

How did popular movements create change?

How were popular movements challenged?

What was the impact of popular movements?

Regional study 7: The Great Depression in the Americas (circa 1920-1939)

Regional study 8: Emergence of the Americas in global affairs (1880-1945)

Regional study 9: The Americas during the Cold War (1945-1991)

Regional study 11: Social movements in the Americas (1945-2020)

Regional study 8: Emergence of Modern China (1910-1949)

Regional study 11: The Cold War in Asia (1949-2002)

Regional study 12: The People's Republic of China (1949-2020)

Regional study 6: Europe and the First World War (1871-1923)

Regional study 7: The Russian Revolution (1855-1924)

Regional study 8: European totalitarianism (1918-1941)

Regional study 9: Europe and the Second World War (1918-1949)

Regional study 11: The USSR and post-Soviet Russia (1945-2020)

Regional study 12: Europe during and after the Cold War (1945-2020)

IB History Kennedy's Alliance for Progress Key Definitions

Definition

Alliance for Progress

A US foreign aid programme launched by President Kennedy in 1961, pledging $20 billion over ten years to promote economic development, social reform and democratic governance in Latin America. It aimed to reduce the appeal of communism by addressing poverty and inequality, but achieved limited results due to political conditions attached to aid and entrenched structural problems.

Definition

Alliance for Progress

A US foreign aid programme launched by President Kennedy in 1961, pledging $20 billion over ten years to promote economic development, social reform and democratic governance in Latin America. It aimed to reduce the appeal of communism by addressing poverty and inequality, but achieved limited results due to political conditions attached to aid and entrenched structural problems.