Dumbarton Oaks Conference

08/21/44-10/7/44; Gathering of international leaders, which along with the Yalta Conference, laid the foundation for the United Nations

East Berlin Revolt 1953

Protests against unreasonable labor quotas; turned into popular uprising;

the eastern European nations allied/influenced with the USSR.

East German/ Prague Refugee Crisis

In 1989, hundreds of East Germans sought access to West German via Prague and then camping out in the West German embassy there;

1957; Eisenhower vows to support any middle-eastern nation fighting communism;

1970s-1980s; Trend among European communist countries to seek independence from the Soviet Union;

1976-1985; Between USSR and NATO over advancing Soviet missile technology.; Ended with the signing of the Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty;

French Strikes of 1947

a series of widespread, often violent labour actions and industrial unrest against wage stagnation, inflation, and post-war austerity. Driven by Communist (PCF) influence and the CGT union, the strikes aimed to oppose the Marshall Plan and Western capita

10/30/47; General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; signed by 23 nations in Geneva, Switzerland; structured in order to loosen barriers to international trade

Geneva Accords (1954)

07/21/54; Conference concerning several governments of South East Asia;

11/19/85-11/21/85; first conference between USSR and US leaders in eight years; produced no major changes in the Cold War, but ended affably;

German Reunification/ Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany

10/03/90; AKA "Two plus Four" agreement; finalized German reunification;

Soviet policy of looser control over information; instituted by Mikhail Gorbachev in 1985;

Ambitious attempt by the government to turn China into an industrial, agricultural communist super power; ended in famine due to poor farming policy; at least 30 million Chinese died;

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Term	Definition
Dumbarton Oaks Conference	08/21/44-10/7/44; Gathering of international leaders, which along with the Yalta Conference, laid the foundation for the United Nations
East Berlin Revolt 1953	Protests against unreasonable labor quotas; turned into popular uprising;
Eastern Bloc	the eastern European nations allied/influenced with the USSR.
East German/ Prague Refugee Crisis	In 1989, hundreds of East Germans sought access to West German via Prague and then camping out in the West German embassy there;
Eisenhower Doctrine	1957; Eisenhower vows to support any middle-eastern nation fighting communism;
Eurocommunism	1970s-1980s; Trend among European communist countries to seek independence from the Soviet Union;
Euromissile Crisis	1976-1985; Between USSR and NATO over advancing Soviet missile technology.; Ended with the signing of the Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty;
French Strikes of 1947	a series of widespread, often violent labour actions and industrial unrest against wage stagnation, inflation, and post-war austerity. Driven by Communist (PCF) influence and the CGT union, the strikes aimed to oppose the Marshall Plan and Western capita
GATT	10/30/47; General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; signed by 23 nations in Geneva, Switzerland; structured in order to loosen barriers to international trade
Geneva Accords (1954)	07/21/54; Conference concerning several governments of South East Asia;
Geneva Summit (1985)	11/19/85-11/21/85; first conference between USSR and US leaders in eight years; produced no major changes in the Cold War, but ended affably;
Gerboise Bleue (Nuclear Test)	02/13/60; Southern Algeria;
German Reunification/ Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany	10/03/90; AKA "Two plus Four" agreement; finalized German reunification;
glasnost	Soviet policy of looser control over information; instituted by Mikhail Gorbachev in 1985;
Great Leap Forward	Ambitious attempt by the government to turn China into an industrial, agricultural communist super power; ended in famine due to poor farming policy; at least 30 million Chinese died;

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