Economic miracle
Prevented east berliners from fleeing to the economically prosperous west.
Hegemony
Unified dominance. Ex: the soviet union's dominance over eastern europe.
Gorbachev's effort to restructure the soviet economy by introducing some limited free-market elements like private property
Common market (later the european union)
Growth of social welfare
The idea of social welfare spread throughout europe.
Cold war
A conflict between the United States and soviet union where neither engaged in direct warfare with the other.
After WWII, Europe lay in ruins. The U.S. hoped strong democratic economies would not easily fall to communism. Western European countries gladly accepted the money, while Soviet satellite states did not.
Korean war
2nd wave of feminism
European union
THe EU is continually trying to balance questions of national sovereignty with the responsibilities of membership in an economic and political union
Algerian decolonization
National liberation front fought with france until Algeria was independent.
Polish elections of 1989
Poland had alway resited communism. A labor party called solidarity protested any attempt to restrict their freedoms. In that year the soviets legalized their party, thinking they would loose anyway. Solidarity won and started dissolving the bonds between poland and the soviet union.
Although the US and USSR never directly fought, the cold war did turn hot in a couple of proxy wars across the globe.
A major push for women's suffrage and other rights after women's contributions to WWI and WWII
Decolonization
Results of U.S. influence
Officially ended the cold war, capitalist democracies were established in eastern europe, and germany was reunited.
Gorbachev allows for free speech
When people were allowed to express their opinions, turns out they didn't really like the USSR. A wave of nationalism spread over soviet countries who started demanding their independence.
Demanded Hungary have free and fair elections in Hungary. The soviets freaked out and sent hundreds of troops, and tanks to crush the revolution
Chechen nationalist movement
Division of germany
At the end of the war, germany was divided into occupation zones. The west wanted economic recovery for Germany to keep europe stable, but the soviets wanted to keep germany weak, and wanted to extract reparations.
Indian decolonization
India used non-violent civil disobedience to negotiate with the exhausted british for independence.
Agreement between 6 countries to integrate their coal and steel operations. Was quickly profitable for member nations and the idea was that if nations were tied together economically, they wouldn't go to war with one another.
