East and West Flashcards
What were the two countries created after WW2
East Germany and West Germany
What does Denazification mean
Getting rid of anything nasty
How did the West German economy become the biggest
Through the Marshall plan
What was the Marshall plan
The US gave West Germany a loan of $13 billion
Why did Starlin hate the Marshall plan
It went against the rule of not assisting Germany
What is the other name for West Germany
Federal Republic of Germany (FRG)
What is the other name for East Germany
The German Democratic Republic (GDR)
What kind of government was FRG
A Capitalist democracy with a president who could only run for 5 years
What kind of government was GDR
A Communist one party state and political opponents thrown in jail
What was the ESEC
West Germany, France, Italy and Netherlands had a trade union of steel and coal
What was the EEC
The market between European countries and later became the EU
How key was children in East Germany
They were the future and invented new things
What happened at the Carnival Clubs
Secret rebel meetings
Why were people in the East only watch Communist television
As West was thought as bad and would influence the people into Capitalist
Why was spying a big thing
As it was thought that US spies were in the East and the same in the West with USSR spies
