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| refers to the reconstruction of the political and economic system established by the Communist Party. Politically, contested elections were introduced to reflect the democratic practices of Western society and allow citizens to have a slight say in government. Economically, Perestroika called for de-monopolization and some semi-private businesses to function, ending the price controls established by the government for the past seven decades. The goal was to create a semi-free market system, reflecting successful capitalist practices in the economies of Germany, Japan, and the United States. Unfortunately, such an economy took time to thrive, and people found themselves stuck in a worn-out economy, which led to long-lines, strikes, and civil unrest |
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| “openness” and was the name for the social and political reforms to bestow more rights and freedoms upon the Soviet people |
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(1949)
• Mutual dfefense treaty
• Envoked once Sep 11
• When US attacked NATO was too
• the United States, Canada, Belgium, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxemburg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, and the United Kingdom agreed to consider attack against one an attack against all, along with consultations about threats and defense matters. |
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(1945-1991)
• Separating east from free west
• the political, military, and ideological barrier erected by the Soviet Union after World War II to seal off itself and its dependent eastern and central European allies from open contact with the West and other non-communist areas. |
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(1955)
• Set up a joint military command
• Communist counterpart to NATO
• Continued soviet presence
• The Warsaw Pact, so named because the treaty was signed in Warsaw, included the Soviet Union, Albania, Poland, Romania, Hungary, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Bulgaria as members. The treaty called on the member states to come to the defense of any member attacked by an outside force and it set up a unified military command under Marshal Ivan S. Konev of the Soviet Union. |
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• 13 August 1961 - 1989
• cutting off eat and west berlin
• 10 foot tall wall
• momument to cold war
• ideological divide btwn communists and soviets |
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– 11 months (1948-49)
• Ground and water transport blocked but there was air transport
• Allies flew (daily) food carried by hundred of flights (Berlin Airlift)
• a blockade of all rail, road, and water communications between Berlin and the West |
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1962
• Fidel castro
o US works with exiled Cubans
• After many long and difficult meetings, Kennedy decided to place a naval blockade, or a ring of ships, around Cuba. The aim of this "quarantine," as he called it, was to prevent the Soviets from bringing in more military supplies. He demanded the removal of the missiles already there and the destruction of the sites. |
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• Went beyond boundaries of race
• Takes off in the 50’s
• Starts in deep south |
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• Less censorship
• Using sex to sell ads
• Shorter, tighter clothing |
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• Kinsey Reports (1953)
o Exposed differences between sexual morality and what Americans were doing in bed
Ex: 80-90% of women disapproved in sex before marriage, but many did it |
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1963
• Feminist movements
• Women wanting rights
• Women’s rights organizations
o Woman control their own bodies |
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