AP European History / Unit 9: Cold War and Contemporary Europe
9.1 Contextualizing Cold War and Contemporary Europe
Notes
After 1945, Europe was divided between the US-led West and Soviet-led East. Western Europe rebuilt and integrated; colonies became independent; communism fell in 1989–1991; the EU expanded.
Practice
After WWII, Europe was divided by the:
Churchill's phrase.
Western Europe after 1945 moved toward:
European Community.
Communism in Eastern Europe fell around:
End of Cold War.
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