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Allies of the US do much better economically, esp. in the 1950s & 1960s The USSR and the Soviet Bloc (aka Soviet Satellite) Countries fall behind
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Allies of the US do much better economically, esp. in the 1950s & 1960s The USSR and the Soviet Bloc (aka Soviet Satellite) Countries fall behind. Domestic policies in the USSR fluctuate. Nikita Khrushchev (1953-64). “I won the Nobel prize for literature, what was your crime?. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Allies of the US do much better economically, esp. in the 1950s &
1960s
The USSR and the Soviet Bloc (aka Soviet Satellite) Countries fall
behind
Domestic policies in the USSR fluctuate . . .
Nikita Khrushchev (1953-64)
“I won the Nobel prize for literature, what was your
crime?
Leonid Brezhnev (1964-1982)
• Coercion to be loyal to the government – those who followed the rules were rewarded
. . . .but the USSR retains tight control
over its satellite states
Czechoslovakia, 1948
Polish Spring, 1956
Hungary, 1956
1959 – Inner German Barrier
1961 – Berlin Wall
August 13, 1961
1962 – Cuban Missile Crisis
Prague Spring, 1968Brezhnev Doctrine
Science oriented toward war and space
and coordinated by the government
(“Big Science”)
Class structure becomes less divided
• Greater accessibility of college gives more people educational opportunities
• Service industry greatly expanded (more white collar than blue collar)
• Government programs redistributed wealth: welfare, pensions
• Most people could afford appliances and cars• Most people could afford vacations
Women demand more rights, students demand respect
• More women in the workforce, where they faced discrimination
• Demanding equal pay, maternity leave, day care, right to divorce, legalized abortion, protection from and prosecution of rape
• Students living a very different lifestyle (sex, drugs and rock n’ roll) but demanding respect as adults (there are a lot of people in the generation, it is the baby boom)
Western Europe takes major steps towards
economic unity . . . and smaller steps towards
political unity
Paul Henri Spaak was the first president of the Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community
Euratom – European Atomic Energy Community – coordinates research and knowledge of nuclear energy
European Economic Community
1952
6 members
1973
9 members
1981
10 members
1986
12 members
1970s bring economic difficulties
• US spent too much (Marshall Plan, welfare programs, Korean and Vietnam wars)
• OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) embargoed oil sales to the US when the US supported Israel in the Yom Kippur war of 1973
• Austerity measures
US – USSR relations ease a bit under Brezhnev
Detente – 1969-1980
US– Britain – Germany relations grow closer, getting
ready to stand up to the USSR
Thatcher Reagan Kohl (1979-90) (1981-89) (1982-98)
