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It was Wilson's insistence that nations be granted the right of national self-determination that led to calls for independence throughout the world. (14 points) A major push for women's suffrage and other rights after women's contributions to WWI and WWII The marshall plan led to an incredible economic recovery. West Germany's GDP was 15-20% higher than in the pre-war years, and west germany was only 1 half of Germany! 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.

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Prevented east berliners from fleeing to the economically prosperous west. Whereas the main push during the first wave was to secure the right to vote, the second wave focused on societal issues and inequalities women faced including education, marriage laws, and professional careers. Although the US and USSR never directly fought, the cold war did turn hot in a couple of proxy wars across the globe. Gorbachev's effort to restructure the soviet economy by introducing some limited free-market elements like private property