Ch. 12.3 Western Europe and North America Flashcards
(24 cards)
welfare state
state in which gov’t takes responsibility for providing citizens with services and minimal standard of living
bloc
group of nations with common purpose (ex. EEC)
real wages
actual purchasing power of income (grew in American history from 1945-1973)
civil rights movement
equal rights for African Americans; Johnson’s domestic passion; began in 1954
consumer society
society preoccupied with buying goods, not producing them (1950s Western countries)
women’s liberation movement
feminism; late 1960s renewed interest in women asserting for rights
Charles de Gaulle
war hero; 1946: established new French gov’t (Fourth Republic)–>withdrew—>returned; elected president of Fifth Republic; invest in nuclear arms; economy grew FAST; France became important industrial producer/exporter; want France “returned to glory”; resigned 1969 after student protests
European Economic Community
Common Market; created in the Rome Treaty (France, W. Germany, Benelux countries); free-trade area made of six nations; no tariffs on each other’s goods; economic benefit
John F. Kennedy
youngest elected president; killed by assassin Nov 22, 1963; Johnson took power
Martin Luther King, Jr.
leader of growing movement for racial equality; Aug 1963: led march on Washington D.C.; advocate passive disobedience
Simone de Beauvoir
French author; {The Second Sex} (1949); want to rid male-dominant societies
Voting Rights Act 1965
1965; easier for African Americans to vote in Southern states
Watts Riots
Aug 11-17, 1965: LA riot that outburst in Watts community; sparked because of black man arrested by white police man out of suspicion; many people were angered by horrible city conditions
Lester Pearson
Liberal Party leader in Canada; create Canada’s welfare state; enact social security system (Canada Pension Plan) and national health insurance
NATO
created 1949 as result of division of Cold War; France left NATO for more freedom (de Gaulle)
student revolts
May 1968: series of student revolts—>de Gaulle resign; American protests against Vietnam War; disappeared around 1970s
France’s 5th Republic
1958: new constitution for 5th Republic by de Gaulle; president would have more power; people were enthusiastic
West Germany/East Germany
(W) miraculous recover under Adenauer of Christian Democratic Union; (E) still controlled by Soviets
Labour Party
(GB) after the war defeated Conservative Party headed by Churchill; promised reforms, esp. in social welfare; Clement Attlee was new prime minister; create welfare state
Red Scare
fear of Communist subversion (takeover)
Joseph McCarthy
senator of Wisconsin; claimed that some high gov’t officials and well-known individuals were Communist; thrown out of Senate
Chief Justice Earl Warren
ruled that racial segregation in public schools was illegal
segregation
separation (by race or skin color, certain prejudice)
Civil Rights Act 1964
created by Johnson; basis to end segregation and discrimination
