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President of French provisional government and the 5th republic of France
Charles de Gaulle
Soviet attempt to take West Berlin
Berlin Blockade
Private business and individuals determine what to produce, how to produce it, and who gets what is produced
Market Economy or capitalism
New official names of the 2 Germanys as of 1949
West: Federal Republic of Germany; East: German Democratic Republic
Most successful economy in western and all of Europe
West Germany
Built to prevent East German refugees from entering West Germany
Berlin Wall
Government takes primary responsibility for citizens’ well-being
Welfare State
Developed democratic socialist societies with many social benefits but high taxes
Denmark, Sweden, Norway
Country whose government was plagued by corruption and failure
Italy
Opposed British and American influence; established ties with USSR and Poland
France
Under Tito, they broke with Soviet domination
Yugoslavia
Communists took over their government in 1948 after the murder of their foreign minister
Czechoslovakia
Government makes all economic decisions
Command Economy
Most economically successful country in Eastern Europe
East Germany
1950s failed Soviet policy of easing tensions with the US
Peaceful Coexistence
He condemned Stalin.
Nikita Khrushchev
“Prague Spring” ended here with a Soviet crackdown
Czechoslovakia
This involved the removal of personal freedom restrictions and introduction of new incentives in factories.
Destalinization
In 1956 the Soviets crushed poorly armed rebels here.
Hungary
Replacement Soviet leader in 1964
Leonid Brezhnev
Western European economic association begun by ECSC
European Community or Common market
Eastern European economic association
COMECON
UN agency to safeguard the well-being of refugees
UNHCR
UN agency to promote safe use of atomic energy
IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency)
Two political parties that dominated West German politics
Christian Democratic Party and Democratic Socialist Party