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Chapter 32: Western Society and Eastern Europe in the Decades of the Cold War
Part VI: The Newest Stage of World History
1914-present
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Introduction: Chapter introductions are a valuable guide to the material you are about to read, telling you
what topics will be covered and how they fit together. If you keep the “big picture” provided by the introduction
in mind as you read the chapter, you will find it much easier to organize your notes, identify important
information, and avoid getting lost in the details. With this in mind, re-read the introduction to Chapter 31. As
you read, make a list of the key topics you expect to learn about.
Key Topics:
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1. After World War II: A New International Setting for the West As you read this section in
your textbook, fill in the chart and summarize consequences of the Cold War in the Soviet Union, Europe, and
the United States
Focus Questions: What were the military and political consequences of the Cold War in the Soviet Union,
Europe, and the United States
Consequences of the Cold War
United States
Europe
Soviet Union
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Formed military alliance called •
North Atlantic Treaty
Organization
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Answer Focus Question Here:
The Cold War divided Europe
– communities ruled in the
East and democracies were in
the West
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Created military alliance called
the Warsaw Pact
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2. Unchecked Aggression and the Coming of War in Europe and the Pacific As you read this
section in your textbook, complete the following section to compare and contrast global reaction to Japanese
and German aggression in Europe.
Postwar Western Europe
Government and Allies
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Fascism and rightist
movements were discredited
Foreign Affairs
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Economic Expansion
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3. Cold War Allies: The United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand As you read this
section in your textbook, create a timeline of key events in postwar American history (start with Truman
Doctrine of 1945, end with Persian Gulf War of 1991)
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4. Culture and Society in the West As you read this section in your textbook, describe important social
and cultural trends in postwar West
5. Eastern Europe After World War II: A Soviet Empire As you read this section in your
textbook, complete the table below to describe key developments in Soviet-dominated Eastern Europe in the
postwar era.
The Soviet Empire
Soviet Control of Easter Europe
Soviet Domestic Policy
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6. Soviet Culture: Promoting Beliefs and Institutions As you read this section in your textbook,
Soviet Culture
complete the concept web describe the main features of postwar Soviet culture
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Short Answer Section: After reading and studying the chapter, review your understanding by answering
each of the following questions, which emphasize important ideas within the chapter.
1. How did the Cold War affect Western Europe?
2. Characterize the internal politics of Western Europe after World War II.
3. What was the “welfare state”?
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4. How did the social structure of the West change in the period after World War II?
5. Describe Western science and culture in the late 20th century.
6. How did Soviet foreign policy change after 1941?
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7. What was the cultural policy of the Stalinist state?
TERMS, EVENTS, PEOPLE
Cold war Struggle from 1945 to 1989 between the communist and democratic worlds; ended with the collapse
of Russia.
Eastern Bloc Soviet allies in eastern Europe, including Bulgaria, Poland, East Germany, Czechoslovakia,
Romania, and Hungary.
Harry Truman U.S. president after Franklin Roosevelt in the early years of the cold war. His foreign policy
was to contain Communism through diplomacy and military strength.
Iron Curtain Term coined by British P.M. Churchill to describe the political division of Europe between free
(western Europe) and repressed (eastern Europe) during the cold war.
Marshall Plan U.S. aid to western Europe after World War II helped it recover and concurrently staved off
Communist inroads made in the interim.
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization. U.S.-led alliance including western Europe, Canada, and
Turkey against Soviet aggression there.
Warsaw Pact Soviet response to NATO.
Welfare state State-run “cradle to grave” care that developed in western Europe and spread in varying forms
to the U.S., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
Technocrat A type of bureaucrat in this era who often had training in engineering or economics, hired to
support the welfare state bureaucracy.
Green Movement Political movement and party that arose in several western European nations in the 1970s
that opposed unfettered free market economies and unchecked industrial pollution.
Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan Conservative leaders of the 1970s; worked to cut welfare and to
promote free enterprise.
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European Union Final name of the Common Market; an economic and, later, political movement in Europe
that supported free markets to compete with the U.S. and eventually, the goal of forming a common government
in much of Europe.
New Feminism A wave of women’s rights agitation reappeared in the 1960s promoting job opportunities and
other civil rights issues for women. Two early leaders were Simone de Beauvoir and Betty Friedan.
Simone de Beauvoir and Betty Friedan Two important leaders in the new feminism movement; authors of The
Second Sex and The Feminine Mystique, respectively.
Berlin Wall Barrier built by the U.S.S.R. in 1961 in East Germany to keep that nation’s subjects from fleeing to
liberty in West Berlin. Major cold war symbol until it was torn down in 1989.
Solidarity Trade union movement in Poland that developed into a political pressure group that supported
reforms from the Communist leadership.
Aleksandr Solzhentsyn Soviet writer of anti-Communist expose The Gulag Archipelago, who was exiled to the
West; he later returned to Russia after the fall of the U.S.S.R.
Nikita Khrushchev Leader of U.S.S.R. after Stalin’s death. Criticized his predecessor’s abuses, signaling a bit
of a thaw in the cold war. After backing down in the Cuban Missile Crisis, he was removed from power and
exiled within the U.S.S.R.
Sputnik First manned spacecraft in 1957; initiated a space race with the United States.