Chechen nationalist movement
European union
THe EU is continually trying to balance questions of national sovereignty with the responsibilities of membership in an economic and political union
Economic miracle
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!
Berlin wall
Korean war
European coal and steel community
Unified dominance. Ex: the soviet union's dominance over eastern europe.
Perestroika
Gorbachev's effort to restructure the soviet economy by introducing some limited free-market elements like private property
Decolonization
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)
Growth of social welfare
Gorbachev allows for free speech
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.
Women's rights
A major push for women's suffrage and other rights after women's contributions to WWI and WWII
Results of U.S. influence
Indian decolonization
India used non-violent civil disobedience to negotiate with the exhausted british for independence.
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.
Proxy wars
Although the US and USSR never directly fought, the cold war did turn hot in a couple of proxy wars across the globe.
Marshall plan (1947)
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.
Hungarian revolution (1956)
A conflict between the United States and soviet union where neither engaged in direct warfare with the other.
Polish elections of 1989
They decided to expand the european coal and steel community to include other industries. Eventually integrated their economies into one larger european economy with its own currency.
Algerian decolonization
National liberation front fought with france until Algeria was independent.
Fall of the Soviet Union in 1991
Officially ended the cold war, capitalist democracies were established in eastern europe, and germany was reunited.
