Monday- Was in Omaha for family reasons.
Tuesday- Berlin Wall- 1961
Why was the Wall built? What did the USSR want?
Fidel Castro Overthrows Batista
Bay of Pigs- What was it? What were the results? How did it hurt President Kennedy?
Giant range of the Soviet missiles launched from Cuba
The compromise:
The Soviets would remove their missiles from Cuba
The US would secretly Cuba
The US would promise never to invade Cuba
The US would secretly remove the nuclear missiles from Turkey after six months
Wednesday- Ronald Reagan Becomes president- 1981
Ran on a very strong anti-communist platform
Soviets had just invaded Afghanistan
Yuri Andropov- USSR Leader- 1982
Mikhail Gorbachev Comes to Power in USSR- 1985
Perestroika and Glasnost
Berlin wall comes down: November 9th, 1989
Boris Yeltsin- President of Russia 1991-1999
1. We had close ties with our Allies and the USSR didn't.
2. China started siding with Us after 1972.
3. The Soviet economy was in shambles whereas the US's was flourishing.
a. Huge deficit
b. High inflation
c. Corruption
d. Social Problems
e. ?
4. the strong anti-communist presidency of Regan
5. Gorbachev's willingness for change and reform
6. Arma Reduction Talks
7. Soviet Mistakes
a. invasion of Afghanistan
b. ignoring social concerns
c. spent everything on military
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