Unit 19 Flashcards
An era of tension between the USA and Soviet Union that lasted from roughly 1945 to 1990
Cold War
USA, GB, USSR agree eastern Europe will have free elections AND govt’s that are pro-Russian
Yalta Conference
President Truman demands immediate, free elections in eastern Europe
Potsdam Conference
postwar US foreign policy that sought to limit the spread of communism
containment
1st two countries where containment was applied
Greece and Turkey
program for Europe that included $13 billion in direct monetary aid
Marshall Plan
city that was blockaded by the Soviets in 1948; Truman responded with an airlift
Berlin
western military alliance in Cold War
NATO
eastern (communist) military alliance in Cold War
Warsaw Pact
political party that dominated West Germany as well as many other western European countries in the postwar era; provided effective political leadership
Christian Democrats
left-wing British party that implemented national health insurance and nationalized some industries
Labour Party
economist who believed in deficit spending to stimulate the economy in recessions
John Maynard Keynes
French economist; helped build European economic unity with the Common Market
Jean Monnet
German economist who helped rebuild West German economy
Ludwig Erhard
first attempt at economic union in Europe
European Coal and Steel Community (1952)
reduced European tariffs on all goods in member states and allowed for freer movement of labor
European Economic Community (Common Market)
created the Common Market
Treaty of Rome
colonial conflict that caused the downfall of the Fourth French Republic
Algerian War
French nationalist leader that created the Fifth French Republic; President from 1958-1969
Charles de Gaulle
process by which European nations gave up their colonies
decolonization
area of Middle East Britain ruled after World War II
British Mandate of Palestine
British promise to give Jews a homeland in the Middle East
Balfour Declaration of 1917
communist leader of Yugoslavia who maintained independence from the Soviet Union
Josip Broz (Tito)
Soviet leader who assumed power after Stalin’s death; denounced Stalin’s atrocities
Nikita Khrushchev
written by Pasternak; criticized communist state
Doctor Zhivago
written by Solzhenitsyn; described life in a gulag
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
rebelled against Soviet rule in 1956
Hungary
rebellion against Soviet rule in Czechoslovakia in 1968
Prague Spring
Czech leader of Prague Spring
Alexander Dubcek
Soviet policy that vowed to crush any rebellions against communist rule in eastern Europe
Brezhnev Doctrine
Scientific research backed by govt’s and corporations that could finance it with huge sums of $$
Big Science
wrote The Second Sex
Simone de Beauvoir
experienced major student revolts in 1968
University of Paris
A relaxation of tensions b/w the West and East
detente
implemented a policy of reconciliation with the east; known for asking forgiveness of the German crimes of WWII
Willy Brandt
conservative Prime Minister of Great Britain who privatized British industry
Margaret Thatcher
