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The End of Cold War
Berlin Wall-Long standing symbol of Cold War1961
USSR Leaders to be Aware of
Stalin- Command Economy Government controls all economic decisions
Khrushchev- De-Stalinization Rid USSR of Stalinist influence Loosened drastic Stalin-era economic and
political restrictions
Revolts in Eastern Europe (1950’s and 1960’s) Soviets used force to crush public protests No outside assistance East Germany Poland Hungary Czechoslovakia
Glasnost and Perestroika
Mikhail Gorbachev Movement towards progress, reform,
openness in USSR under Gorbachev 1980s Perestroika-Economic restructuring Glasnost-Openness
Leads to…..
How did Eastern
Europeans react to
Gorbachev’s
reforms?
1 Polish demonstrators march in support of the democratic Solidarity movement. 2 The struggle for democracy turns
violent in Romania, where tanks
operated by pro-democracy troops fire
on government supporters.
3 Thousands of
Czechoslovakians
protest against the
nation’s Communist
regime.
Revolutions 1989
Poland-Solidarity Czechoslovakia-Velvet Revolution Romania-Violent Hungary-opened border with Austria East Germany…
Fall of Berlin Wall
Fall Nov. 9th 1989 Strongest symbol of
Cold War and Soviet Repression…gone
Paved way for Reunification of Germany 1990
Reagan http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=TyJZOW4mvYM&feature=related Newscast http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=snsdDb7KDkg
USSR
15 separate republics-All want independence Boris Yelstin-Republic of Russia Gorbachev’s power-largely gone
Fall of USSR: December 25 1991
Ethnic unrest Need for new governments
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4bWo49OoFo&feature=related
Yugoslavia
Nationalism Bosnia and Herzegovina declared its independence
in 1992 Bosnia Serbs used ethnic cleansing against Bosnian
Muslims
Serbian province of Kosovo-Serbs and ethnic Albanians fought over control
European Union (1992)
Economic and political confederation 28 Countries Must have a stable democratic government Competitive market
Economy