Ap Euro Review/Xcred 1945-2005 :: KEY :: Cold War Events (CW); Decolonization & W. European politics (DEC/WP); Important Leaders (IL); Key Events in the creation of the European Union (EU); Major Social / Cultural Trends (S/C)
By max.deihl1
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power struggle after his death between Stalin & another leader after Lenin dies
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Shown in the decades between the wars , how people would react without what they believed were there rights... governments commonly enacted benefits for sickness, unemployment, injury, old age, affordable health care. But it largely varied between countries.
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Way for people to characterize themselves after the end of WW2, and the beginning of americaization
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After WW1 and especially WW2 Us becomes the dominant influence on the west and the rest of the world. Between movies, music, and political presence. Its the american dream
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Britain
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Indonesia endured four years of military and diplomatic confrontation with the Netherlands before the Dutch Government recognized the independence of the Dutch East Indies in 1949
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It gained independence as a parliamentary republic & Syria became a founding member of the United Nations, an act which legally ended the former French Mandate – although French troops did not leave the country until April 1946.
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from the US
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Beginning in May 1941, the Viet Minh, a communist army led by Hồ Chí Minh, began a revolt against the Japanese. In August 1945 they declared Vietnamese independence and extended the war, known as the First Indochina War, against France. In Saigon, the anti-Communist State of Vietnam, was granted independence in 1949. On 9 November 1953, the Kingdoms of Laos and Cambodia became independent. Following the Geneva Accord of 1954, the French evacuated Vietnam and French Indochina came to an end.
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United states vs the Soviet Union. Communism vs Capitalism.
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British, pm, Attlee grants India independence.
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The Berlin Blockade was an attempt by the Soviet Union to limit the ability of France, Great Britain and the United States to travel to Berlin, which lay within Russian-occupied East Germany. Eventually, the western powers instituted an airlift that lasted nearly a year and delivered much-needed supplies and relief to West Berlin. This was the first major conflict of the cold war.
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The United States and 11 other nations establish the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), a mutual defense pact aimed at containing possible Soviet aggression against Western Europe.
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North Korea pushed into South Korea. This invasion was the first military action of the Cold War. By July, American troops had entered the war on South Korea’s behalf. The north received supplies from the Soviets and armed support from the communist Chinese army. Finally, the Korean War came to an end with a truce which still lasts today.
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The Treaty of Paris (formally the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community) was signed on 18 April 1951 between France, West Germany, Italy and the three Benelux countries (Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands), establishing the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), which subsequently became.
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Britain
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Military takes government
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The Soviet Union and seven of its European satellites sign a treaty establishing the Warsaw Pact, a mutual defense organization that put the Soviets in command of the armed forces of the member states.
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The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam (Viet Cong lead by Ho Chi Minh), who received supplies from the Soviets, against South Vietnam and the US. The war ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. This marked the US’s only loss.
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Soviet tanks rolled in to stop Hungary’s movement away from the communist bloc. After the deaths and injuries of thousands of Hungarians, the protests were finally put down.
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Space would become another dramatic arena for this competition, as each side sought to prove the superiority of its technology, and their governments. The fact that Russia could put something in space, then could they put nukes in space...
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France
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Postmodernism moves away from futurism into traditional styles. (Art, Lit, Music)
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Popular among youth. marijuana is drug of choice
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In the months leading up to independence, the Congolese elected a president, Joseph Kasavubu, prime minister, Patrice Lumumba, a senate and assembly, and similar bodies in the Congo's numerous provinces.
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Yugoslavia
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After fighting French independence movements, Algeria won its independence after declaring its own independence Nov 1, 1954.
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13-day political and military standoff over the installation of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles on Cuba, just 90 miles from U.S. shores. This was the closest the world has even been to a nuclear war.
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Representatives of the United States, Soviet Union and Great Britain signed the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, which prohibited the testing of nuclear weapons in outer space, underwater or in the atmosphere.
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Wanted equality in the workplace, home, and politically. ie; abortion, pay, position, voting
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The Merger Treaty enters into force, thus fusing the executives of the European Communities (ECSC, EEC, Euratom). From now on, the European Communities will have a single Commission and a single Council. However, both continue to act in accordance with the rules governing each of the Communities.
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W. Germany
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Large antiwar protests caused by Vietnam war in US, Italy, Frnace, Britain
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top of foreign policy enemy lists
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Result of growing ecological awareness throughout 70s
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E. Germany
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Britain
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The Soviet Union intervened in support of the Afghan communist government in its conflict with anticommunist Muslim guerrillas during the Afghan War (1978–92) against the US supplied Mujaheddin.
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1st Enlargement
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France
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W. Germany
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Soviet Union / USSR breaks up into Russia & other independent republics in 1991
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3rd enlargment
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The Single European Act (SEA) was the first major revision of the 1957 Treaty of Rome. The Act set the European Community an objective of establishing a single market.
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Poland
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EU created from EC
One currency, one culture, one social area and one environment
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Serbians invade Bosnia to expand their nation from the remnants of Yugoslavia
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(Czech)
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Serbia
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open borders
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(2 terms)
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He was the hand-picked successor to Putin...and named Putin as his Prime Minister
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