Practice question · Put in order
Order the key events of the postwar era.
- Marshall Plan begins (1948)
- Bretton Woods conference (1944)
- European Economic Community founded (1957)
- Nixon suspends gold convertibility (1971)
- First oil shock (1973)
Hints
- The monetary framework was agreed before reconstruction aid flowed.
- The energy shock came after the system had already collapsed.
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- Bretton Woods conference (1944)
- Marshall Plan begins (1948)
- European Economic Community founded (1957)
- Nixon suspends gold convertibility (1971)
- First oil shock (1973)
Why
Monetary architecture, reconstruction aid, trade integration, system collapse, energy shock, the arc of the Golden Age.
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