1. Europe and the West Since 1945 Chapter 28 World History: Volume II: Since 1500 pgs. 830-863

2. People, Places, Ideas welfare state (give examples) socialized medicine Margaret Thatcher / “Iron Lady” Slobodan Milosevic ethnic cleansing European Union Civil Rights movement Martin Luther King Jr. / Malcolm X Civil Rights/Voting Rights Acts Lyndon Johnson Cuban Revolution Fidel Castro Organization of American States Juan and Eva Peron consumer society permissive society women’s liberation movement Simone de Beauvoir Betty Friedan terrorism (give examples) al-Qaeda fundamentalism green movement Post-modernism microprocessor Internet

3. Big Questions What major social, cultural, and intellectual developments have occurred in Western Europe and North America since 1945? What were some of the similarities and differences between the major political, economic, and social developments in the first half of the twentieth century and in the second half of the century?