1957

Italy

The Treaty of Rome

There were actually two treaties signed in Rome. Both of them were based on internationalism (the forming of an international super power). The first, called Euratom (EUropean ATOMic Community), consisted of all the member countries cooperating in technical development of nuclear research. This was good in some ways because if all the members were equally matched with nuclear weapons, the chances of them using them in a war was small. The second treaty, called the EEC (European Economic Community or common market), pulled member countries together by uniting their economies. Many tariff bariers were removed, resulting in free trade and better economies. This idea also premoted peace between the countries since their economies were tied togther. Both of these treaties were a good example of the gravitation towards internationalism that was happening in Europe after centuries of nationalism and imperialism. They also demonstrated an attempt at peace, though sometimes resulting from grim circumstances (Euratom).

Russia

Sputnik

The Sputnik was a satellite that the USSR sent into orbit. The significance of this wasn't only because it was the first Soviet sattelite in space, it was that the US found out form this that the USSR had ICBM (inter-continental bilistic missile) abilities and could therefore reach the US with an atomic bomb in a matter of minutes. This lead to a large increase in academic ciriculum in American schools.

China

Hundred Flowers Campaigne

When Mao allowed writers, poets and the academic community to voice their critcisms of the Chinese government. What resulted was too much for Mao and his government to handle, and so they shut the program down. many of the criticizers lost their jobs and underwent periods of "re-education".

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