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Ch28 Flashcards

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Betty Friedan publishes “The Feminine Mystique “

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1963

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Willy Brandt becomes West German foreign minister and develops Ostpolitik

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1966

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First successful human heart transplant

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1967

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Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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1968

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Student uprisings throughout Europe and the United States

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1968

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US astronauts walk on the moon’s surface

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1969

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SALT I between the United States and Soviet Union

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1972

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End of Vietnam War

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1973

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OPEC raises price of oil and imposes oil embargo on the West

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1973

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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn publishes “The Gulag Archipelago”

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1973 - 1976

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The first test-tube baby is born in England

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1978

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Islamic revolution in Iran
hostages are taken at U.S. embassy in Teheran

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1978 - 1979

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Solidarity organizes resistance to Polish communism

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1980

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British prime minister Margaret Thatcher begins dismantling the welfare state

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1980

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Ronald Reagan becomes U.S. president

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1981

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Mikhail Gorbachev becomes Soviet premier

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1985

17
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Explosion at Chernobyl nuclear plant

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1986

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Spain joins the Common Market

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1986

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Chinese students revolt in Tiananmen Square

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1989

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Communist governments are ousted in eastern Europe

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1989

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Berlin Wall is demolished

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1989

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Which events took place in 1968? Name at least two events.

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  1. Prague Spring: 4 month period of freedom and liberation in Czechoslovakia, achieved when Alexander Dubcek was elected first secretary of country’s communist party
  2. Student uprisings throughout Europe and the USA
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Which year the Catastrophe of Chernobyl took place?

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1986.
Explosion of nuclear plant

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What happened in 1989?

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Fall of Berlin Wall
Fall of Communism
End of Communist and Socialist regimes in eastern Europe

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When did the Islamic revolution in Iran take place? Who was replaced by whom?

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1978 - 1979
Replacement of imperial state of Iran by the present-day Islamic Republic of Iran

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