1. 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

3. Domestic policies in the USSR fluctuate...

5. Nikita Khrushchev (1953-64)

6. “I won the Nobel prize for literature, what was your crime?

7. Leonid Brezhnev (1964-1982) Coercion to be loyal to the government – those who followed the rules were rewarded

8. ....but the USSR retains tight control over its satellite states

9. Czechoslovakia, 1948

12. Polish Spring, 1956

13. Hungary, 1956

14. 1959 – Inner German Barrier

15. 1961 – Berlin Wall August 13, 1961

17. 1962 – Cuban Missile Crisis

19. Prague Spring, 1968 Brezhnev Doctrine

20. Science oriented toward war and space and coordinated by the government (“Big Science”)

22. 1961

23. 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

24. 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)

25. Western Europe takes major steps towards economic unity... and smaller steps towards political unity

27. 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

28. European Economic Community 1952 6 members 1973 9 members 1981 10 members 1986 12 members

29. 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

30. US – USSR relations ease a bit under Brezhnev

31. Detente – 1969-1980

32. US– Britain – Germany relations grow closer, getting ready to stand up to the USSR

33. Thatcher Reagan Kohl (1979-90) (1981-89) (1982-98)