western society and eastern europe in the decades of the cold war Flashcards
1
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eastern bloc
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nations in eastern Europe that the soviets wanted during the cold war
2
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iron curtain
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- Winston Churchill
- divided free and communist nations
3
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marshall plan
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- us loans
- lead to us economic domination
4
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NATO
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- north Atlantic treaty organization
- western Europe, us, and Canada against the soviets
5
Q
warsaw pact
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-soviets and eastern Europe form together to counteract the NATO
6
Q
simone de beavoir
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- French feminist
- “second sex”: inspired activists in women’s liberation movement
7
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betty friedan
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- feminist
- “the feminine mystique”
- co-founded national organization for women
- aided in the repeal of abortion laws
8
Q
berlin wall
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- stop eastern berlinians from immigrating into western berlin
- eastern berlin had a lack of goods and were suppressed by the soviets
- torn down at end of cold war
9
Q
solidarity
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- lech walesa
- polish labor movement challenging Russian gov.
10
Q
socialist realism
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-stalin wanted to preserve Russian culture and keep out west culture so he formed large groups with Russian culture
11
Q
sputnik
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soviet sattilites
12
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nikita khrushchev
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- stalin’s successor
- dictator
- led to demise of Russia bc of failure of Siberian development and disagreements with stalinists
