Monday-Friday= Notes all week.
- Perestroika- Restructuring of the Soviet economy and political system (More democracy, free elections)
- Boris Yeltsin- President of Russia
- We had close ties with our Allies and the USSR didnt.
- China started siding with the US after 1972.
- The soviet economy was poor whereas the US's was flourishing.
- The strong anti-communist presidency of Reagan.
- Gorbachev's willingness for change and reform- announced perestroika, admitted Soviet mistakes, took blame for the COld War, communist system had failed. allowed Eastern Europe to do what they wanted.
- Soviet Mistakes- Invasion of Afghanistan, ignoring social concerns, spent everything on military.
- Effects of the Cold War on Europe and the World- Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan.
- Rise of democracy and capitalism throughout Europe
- World became more unified and more independent.
- Taliban and Al Queda started to gain power.
- Sporting events were postponed
- went to war in Afghanistan because of al Qaeda and 9/11. We went to war with Iraq because we believed Saddam Hussein had WMD's
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This should have been posted during the week.