Chapter 19--AP Euro

Permissive society

Post WWII change is manners and morals

May 1968

Widespread French student revolts

Feminism

Second wave, "Feminine Mystique"

Brezhnev Doctrine

Soviet Union and its allies had the right to intervene in any socialist country whenever they saw the need.

Detente

relaxation of tensions between the United States and its two major Communist rivals, the Soviet Union and China

KGB

Soviet secret police

Yuri Andropov

1982; Brezhnev's successor; Tried to introduce some moderate economic reforms but his poor health prevented from doing anything meaningful other then supporting Gorbachev

Lech Walensa

led the Solidarity movement in Poland

Solidarity

Polish independent labor movement that represents 10 million out of 35 million Poles.

Valclav Havel

Led the peaceful Velvet Revolution which split Czechoslovakia into two separate countries

Alexander Dubcek

elected first secretary of the Communist Party in Czechoslovakia in January 1968…hoped to create "socialism with a human face."…all of this was short-lived, because the soviet army came and invaded to stop the government.

Prague Spring

In 1968, Czechoslovakia, under Alexander Dubcek, began a program of reform. Dubcek promised civil liberties, democratic political reforms, and a more independent political system. The Soviet Union invaded the country and put down the short-lived period of freedom.

Erich Honecker

Last communist leader of East Germany

Stasi

Secret police in East Germany

Nicolae Ceausescu

Romania's longtime dictator, who refused to step down and was executed.

Willy Brandt

Chancellor of West Germany in the late 1960s after Adenauer. He sought to improve relations with the states of Eastern Europe.

Margaret Thatcher

leader of conservatives in Great Britain who came to power. Pledged to limit social welfare, restrict union power, and end inflation. Formed Thatcherism, in which her economic policy was termed, and improved the British economic situation. She dominated British politics in 1980s, and her government tried to replace local property taxes with a flat-rate tax payable by every adult. Her popularity fell, and she resigned.

Falklands War

British Falkland Islands off coast of Argentina that Argentina tried to seize in 1982. Although the Brits won they lost 255 men

Eurocommunism

An attempt to broaden Communism's support by dropping it's Marxist ideology. Popular with the Italians

Helsinki Accords

Political and human rights agreement signed in Helsinki, Finland in 1975 by the Soviet Union and western European countries.