New Map of Europe
--Yugoslavia breaks up after war
--velvet revolution: Czechoslovakia, downfall of communism
--baltic states: singing revolution to gain independence from soviets
--CIS (commonwealth of independent states), still in effect, russia still wanted buffer
--countries that broke out: armenia, czhech republic, Latvia .....(more on Bre's powerpoint)
Fall of Communism
--Gorbachev: ended communism in the soviet union
--tried to bring soviet union back to power, economy was falling apart
--polices like glasnost
--weapons race: prodduced only enough that wasnt weapons to get by, people were starving
Vietnam Conflict
--stop spread of communism
--North Vietnam(communist) wanted US out, united north and south
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