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cold war
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an opposition without direct war
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NATO '49
north atlantic Treaty organization |
date of creation and name of the US organization.
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Warsaw Pact '54
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date of creation and name of the USSR alliance
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M.A.D. mutually assured destruction
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the law that kept a nuclear war from happening because of mutual fear of complete destruction
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ICBM's
inter continental ballistic missles |
missles developed in the late 50's
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Space race
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the race between the US and the Soviets that lauched Sputnik
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Soviet Block
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part of europe forcibly brought under Soviet influence
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Western Allies
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most of whom belonged to NATO
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Iron Curtain
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border between Soviets and West
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1989
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Cold war ends
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Chairman Mao
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communist leader of China
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Containment Policy
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to contain an internationl communist revolution
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Truman Doctrine
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pledged to defend any country threatened by communism (greece)
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"Our Zero"
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Germany's new start to rebuild
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"women of the ruins"
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women who collected bricks to rebuild germany
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Bizonia
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US and British zones cooperate and join
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Marshall Plan '47
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US offering money to all countries to help boost economy. many western countreies accepted, but Soviet countries were forbidden to accept.
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Currency Reform '48
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soviets didn't join and very secretly done, hardened the line between Bizonia and SOZ
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Trizonia
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when French joined Bizonia
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1949 - Basic Law
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date and name of the constitution written for Eastern germany, purposfully not called a constitution
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Federal Republic of Germany
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new country in the West
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Konrad Adenaur
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first Chancellor of Western germany
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Ludwig Enhard
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Economic minister of the first and the second Chancellor of Western Germany
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Bundenstag
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representative senate of Western Germany
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Bundesrat
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govoners part of Western Germany's politics
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1950 - Korean War
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date and name of the war that gave Germany a huge ecnomic boost
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Ecnomic Miracle
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50's in Germany when there was 0 percent unemployment
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1947 - Berlin Airlift
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when the US and Britain landed planes bringing coal and food and care packets to East Berlin for one year before Stalin gave in
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German Democratic Republic
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SOZ formed into in the 50's in response to the new Western Government
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1961
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Berlin Wall formed
"Anti-Fasciest protection wall" was its defense. |
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SPD socialist party of Germany
red party |
party in West Germany all the way to the left
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FDP free Democrats
yellow party |
middle party that beleived in a capitalist government with minimal interferance in lives and econ, but in helping the people.
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CDU Christian Democratic Union
Black Party |
party to which Adenaur, first chancellor, was part of. party all the way to the right
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CSU christian socialist union
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also a black party and only found in Bavaria.
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Greens
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enviromental party
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SED socialist union of Germany
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one and only party in the Soviet part of Germany
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Walter Ulbricht
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founder of the SED in East Germany
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Chancellor Democracy
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because Adenaur wasin power for SOO long, it was a criticism of Germany that there was only one man running it.
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Badgodesberg
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where the SPD met to renounce their calls for a unified/neutral Germany and become Pro-west to win an election
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Social market Economy
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both capitalistic and government looking out for its people. econ system in Germany
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Co Determination
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the practice in German companies to have workers representatives automatically on the board of trustees.
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1962 Spiegel Affair
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where a magazine printed a story of how unprepared West german military was and the defense minister arrested the jounalist, siezed all documents and had the editor who was in spain be arrested by the spanish and brought back. made people see how false their democracy was. GERMANY
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Franz Joseph Straub
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defense minister who delt with the magazine incident so badly. GERMANY
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1965 APO extra parlimentary opposition
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organization formed in reaction to the magazine incident of young people. they adressed their concerns of nukes, education reform, real democracy, and Nazi past. GERMANY
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RAF red army faction
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a terrorist group in Germany of young people seeking a communist Revolution.
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Bader-Meinhof Craig
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5 German radicals who kidnapped industrialist and killed him. part of the RAF/
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1965 Rudi Dutchre
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name and date when the APO leader shot by a conservative, giving them more of a reason to protest. GERMANY
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1969
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student protests against many things, primarily vietnam, in Germany.
also, election that the SPD wins |
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Willi Brandt
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new chancellor in 1969. idealist, young, good-looking and makes the young people happy.
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Ostpolitik
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East politics, practiced by Brandt, trying to get in touch and reach out to communist countries for peace.
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Joscha Fischer
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stone throwing radical who made the green party in the 80's and became Forgin minister in the 90's.
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