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| What was the 1940-50's imaginary line that divided Europe into free vs communist? | the "iron curtain" |
| How did the US and GB prevent the communists from taking West Berlin? | airlifted supplies into WB |
| What was the US program to contain communism by sending military aid to Greece and Turkey? | Truman Doctrine |
| What was the US program to fight the spread of communism by sending economic aid to Europe? | Marshall Plan |
| Name the mutual defense pact for Western Europe to defend against communist aggression? | NATO '49 |
| The communist mutual defense pact to counter Western Europe? | Warsaw Pact |
| What two important developments occurred in 1949 for communism and this intensified the Cold War (and the American red scare)? | 1. USSR's 1st atomic bomb 2. Mao communists take over China |
| The American red scare was called what? | McCarthyism |
| What United Nations police action occurred from 1950-53? | Korean War |
| What event caused the Geneva Accords? | French defeat at Dien Bien Phu |
| What were the terms of the 1954 Geneva Accords? | divide Vietnam on 17th parallel and France withdrew |
| What nation became involved in Vietnam after the Geneva Accords, '54 | USA |
| Name the mutual defense pact for Asia to fight communist aggression. | SEATO '54 |
| What year was the peak for US troops in Vietnam? | 1968 |
| What US President and his negotiator arranged the Paris Peace Treaty with Vietnam? | Nixon and Kissinger |
| What was the economic condition of Western Europe from 1945-68? | "Western Renaissance" of prosperity and social transformation |
| Name the Frenchman who helped establish the 4th Republic, then was President of the 5th Republic until the early 70's | Charles de Gualle |
| The period of 1979-90 is known as what Revolution in Great Britain and why? | Thatcher Revolution due to PM working against the welfare state |
| The Treaty of Rome in 1957 created what European economic organization? | Common Market |
| The term for the reversal of 19th Century imperialism by the 1950-60's | decolonization |
| What colonies did the British give up after WWII? | India, Palestine, and African colonies |
| What two French colonies did the French fight to keep but ultimately lost? | Vietnam and Algeria |
| What 1956 Middle East controversy did the United Nations arbitrate after violence broke out? | Egypt nationalizing the Suez Canal |
| What Eastern European nation attempted an uprising in 1956 which was put down by the Soviets? | Hungary |
| What 1960 event increased tensions between the Soviets and USA? | U-2 spy plane w/Gary Powers shot down |
| What 1961 event sealed off East Berliners from the West? | building the Berlin Wall |
| What 1962 event brought the US and USSR close to nuclear war? | Cuban Missile Crisis |
| Who replaced Krushchev and his policy was to interfere in eastern nations to support communist regimes? | Leonid Brezhnev |
| What eastern nation attempted to liberalize the communist govt under Dubcek? | Czechoslavkia |
| What US President initiated detente with the Soviets in the 1970's over Vietnam and arms race, SALT I? | Nixon |
| Who was the author of One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich about labor camps | Alexander Solzhenitsyn |
| What was the 1979 event that lead the slow decline of communist popularity and control in the USSR? | invasion of Afghanistan |
| What was Gorbachev's economic restructuring called? | perestroika |
| What was Gorbachev reform on political openness called? | glasnot |
| Who lead the Solidarity movement in Poland? | Lech Walesa |
| What West German chancellor orchestrated the reunification of Germany? | Helmut Kohl |
| In 1975 President Ford held detente with the Soviets and came up with what agreement on Soviet influence and human rights? | Helsinki Accords |
| Who was the author of The Second Sex (1949) | Simone de Beauvoir |
| What is the theme of The Second Sex (1949)? | French feminism on eco, social, and political disavantages |
| What American writer and work were influenced by The Second Sex (1949)? | Betty Freidan's The Feminine Mystique (1963) |
| Who lead post WWII existentialism? | Jean Paul Sartre |
| What post war generation influenced the challenge to tradtions for the 1960's? | babyboomers |
| What was the peal year for student protests around the world? | 1968 |
| What was the Paris event initiated by students and picked up by workers i 1968? | The General Strike |
