Make sure you know causes of Cold war... how it ended...
Why the U.S. won the Cold War:
- INF treaty
- Gorbachev (soviets new leader) rebuilt the Union.
- Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan
The Prime minister at that time invaded and the Muslums there thought that they would try to change their religion (communism doesn't have a religion) so they joined forces and fought back hard not to be invaded. Many soldiers diserted the Soviet Army to join the Muslim group. After three years of fighting the Muslims controled over 75 percent of their country. U.S. banned the export of grain to Russia.
Soviets then needed more soldiers because they were losing them. It was tough for Russia to defeat them because they're very defensive of their land. Soviets didn't want to leave because they didn't want to lose and waste the money and time they invested.
- Raegan and Gorbachev meetings
At first they didn't trust eachother. Eventually they agreed to reduce nuclear arsenals by 50 percent. Chernobyl made them realize nuclear weapons not good. They began building a trust system by getting rid of nuclear weapons.
Two terms: Glasnost- included more people in political processes and allowed criticism of gov't officials.
Perstrokia- private business ending price control by Gov't.
- Pope John Paul II and Margaret Thatcher:
They both took what Raegan over seas and tried to tell people how bad communism was and unjust.
The Fall of Communism; The End of the Cold War:
- It took about two years for communism to really fall apart.
- What are some of the Eastern European Countries that were communist? Poland, Hungary, East Germany, Bulgaria and Czechoslovakis and Romania.
- It was called the cold war because there was no actual fighting..
- For the end of the Cold War both countries reduced their number of nuclear weapons. THey both stopped feeling like they were about to be aimed at with a big bomb.
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