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Europe could compete with USA and USSR
Winston Churchill, suggested that Europe
could compete with the USA and the USSR as a leading nation -
The year the Truman Doctorine
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Benelux Customs Union
It was an agreement that was signed by Belgium, the
Netherlands, and Luxembourg in order to remove customs and to promote free movement of
capital, goods, and workers. -
The USSR controlled Eastern Europe
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Creation of a common market
Robert Schuman, proposed the creation of a common market of coal
and steel to avoid rivalries and to be more competent. -
Treaty of Paris
It involved the creation of the European Coal and Steel
Community (ECSC) It was signed by France, Western Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands,
and Luxembourg. It created a free-trade area for coal and steel in the signing countries. -
Stalin was succeeded
Stalin die and was succeeded by Nikita Khrushchev, who began a process of DeStalinization
to fight the abuse of power of cult of personality of the previous leader. Khrushchev
allowed some level of freedom and speech -
Protests in hungary
In Hungary, the people of Budapest protested
against the harsh government of Rakosi. -
Treaty of Rome
It constituted the creation of the European Economic
Community (EEC) or Common Market. Its main objectives were the free movement of people,
goods, services, and capitals by suppressing the customs duties among the member countries. -
Kennedy became president
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Creation of Wall of Berlin
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Finish of Civil Rights Act
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Changes in Czechoslovakia
In Czechoslovakia, the czech government, led by Dubcek, tried to install its own type of
socialism -
the year the Soviet Union collapsed
