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17. The Fall of Communism - End of Cold War -
- Iron Curtain was a boundary between the Warsaw Pact countries and NATO nations.
- Countries behind the curtain had struggling economies.
- Just terrible economies in the countries.
- Soviet Bloc - started to fall apart in 1989 - Bugaria, Czechosovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Romania.
- Communist party was forced to resign after 73 years in the USSR.
- The Baltic States left the Soviets.
- CIS - Organization of many former Soviets countries.
- Signs of communism falling were visible.
- Laws of state Enterprises gave businesses more independence from the government in June 1987.
- Glasnost was something Gorbachev or whoever started.
- Iron Curtain grew extremely weak.
18. Why the US Won the Cold War -
- In 1989 Gorbachev was held hostage.
- Reagan started SDI.
- Gorbachev's people wanted more freedom.
16. Gorbachev's/Ronald Reagan's changing ways -
- Perestroika was a political movement within the Communist Party of the USSR during 1980's.
- Widely associated wit the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
- Glasnot was the policy of maximal publicity, openness, and transparency in the activities of all government insitution in the Soviet Union.
- INF Treaty - stands for Intermediant Range Nuclear Forces. It was used to reduce nuclear forces.
- Treaty was signed in Washington DC.
20. Korean Conflict -
- Korean war was from June 25 1950 to July 27 1953.
- North and South Korea the US and China. But many nations sent troops under the support of US.
- We supported the South.
- In the begining of the war, North Korea (Communist) troops overwhelmed South Korea.
- The US pushed North to the edge by China, which brought China into this war.
- Japanese helped us in the war effort a lot.
- We paid them for resources.
- Nickname - Forgotten war.
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