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The End of Cold War. Berlin Wall-Long standing symbol of Cold War 1961. USSR Leaders to be Aware of. Stalin- Command Economy Government controls all economic decisions Khrushchev- De-Stalinization Rid USSR of Stalinist influence - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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The End of Cold War
Berlin Wall-Long standing symbol of Cold War1961
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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
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Revolts in Eastern Europe (1950’s and 1960’s) Soviets used force to crush public protests No outside assistance East Germany Poland Hungary Czechoslovakia
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Glasnost and Perestroika
Mikhail Gorbachev Movement towards progress, reform,
openness in USSR under Gorbachev 1980s Perestroika-Economic restructuring Glasnost-Openness
Leads to…..
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How did Eastern
Europeans react to
Gorbachev’s
reforms?
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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.
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Revolutions 1989
Poland-Solidarity Czechoslovakia-Velvet Revolution Romania-Violent Hungary-opened border with Austria East Germany…
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Fall of Berlin Wall
Fall Nov. 9th 1989 Strongest symbol of
Cold War and Soviet Repression…gone
Paved way for Reunification of Germany 1990
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Reagan http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=TyJZOW4mvYM&feature=related Newscast http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=snsdDb7KDkg
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USSR
15 separate republics-All want independence Boris Yelstin-Republic of Russia Gorbachev’s power-largely gone
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Fall of USSR: December 25 1991
Ethnic unrest Need for new governments
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4bWo49OoFo&feature=related
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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
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European Union (1992)
Economic and political confederation 28 Countries Must have a stable democratic government Competitive market
Economy