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AP Euro AMSCO Chapter 22- Western Prosperity and Eastern Communism

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Marshall Plan
was proposed in 1947 as a way to help Europe rebuild its industry's from World War 2.
satellite
The soviet union and other states of eastern Europe were often called this
Marget Thatcher
became a prime minister of Britain in 1979
Soviet bloc
The Soviet Union and the Eastern European countries that installed Communist regimes after World War II and were dominated by the Soviet Union.
Berlin Wall
Barrier set up in 1961 to separate East and West Berlin
Nikita Khrushchev
emerged as the supreme leader in 1956
De-Stalinization
social process of neutralizing the influence of Joseph Stalin by revising his policies and removing monuments dedicated to him and renaming places named in his honor
Leonid Brezhnev
Seized power from Nikita Khrushchev and became leader of the Soviet Communist party in 1964. Ordered forces in to Afghanistan and Czechoslovakia.
hegemonic
ruling or dominant in a political or social context
Detente
A policy of reducing Cold War tensions that was adopted by the United States during the presidency of Richard Nixon.
Mikhail Gorbachev
Head of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991. His liberalization effort improved relations with the West, but he lost power after his reforms led to the collapse of Communist governments in eastern Europe.
Gasnost
openness
Boris Yeltsin
was elected as president in in June 1991
Solidarity
severe economic problems led to joining together
Czech Republic
Prague
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