The Fall of Communism presented by Shelby
Lenin first overthrew Russian Provisonal Government and turned it Communist
Gorbachev
Became a leader in 1985
tried to make it more like a democracy.
Reforms because Russian economy not growing
Glasnost
dependable for making the country more econnmic social.
The Ending
Gorbackev out of power before the treaty was signed
Many countries left the fall of communism
Regeans Stragertic Defense Insitive
More focused on the defense stragery which the first doctrine didn't really focus on defense.
X-ray lasers
away to protect the missles
Use enegry from warheads to shot down missles
Chemical Lasers
One of the more successful SDI program
It was like Star Wars.
Constructive Criticism
Sold to be a fantasy
People said it was impossible
New Map Of Europe
Germany started the invasion by invading Norway
1. Students will understand the impact the Great Depression and New Deal had on the US.
2. Students will understand the causes, effects and major events of WWII.
-Pearl Harbor -
-D-Day -
-Atomic bombing -
-Africa/European Front -
-Pacific Front -
3. Students will understand how/why the Allies won WWII.
4. Students will understand the causes, effects and major events of the Cold War.
a. Define the Cold War and its causes -
b. Policy of Containment -domino effect, mutual deterrence, massive retaliation, Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, and NATO -
c. Both Berlin Crises -
d. The Red Scare--McCarthyism and HUAC -
e. Fidel Castro, Bay of Pigs and Missile Crisis -
f. China -
g. Nuclear Arms Race and Reductions –
--- Nuclear Arms Race was from 1945 to 1970.
The Manhattan Project was the American Plans for the Atomic Bomb. The US feared Germany in the early 1930’s of being capable of producing Atomic Bombs. Potsdam Conference was When Stalin found out about how the US was making Atomic Weapons. Inside information was given from Klaus Fuchs and Theodore Hall to Stalin at the conference. Joseph Stalin knew about the nuclear arms before President Truman did. The Soviet Union struggled with making the Atomic Bombs because they had a lack of uranium. The Soviet Union detonated the First Atomic Bomb on August 29 of 1949. The Soviet Union called their Atomic Bomb the “Joe One.” The US detonated the first hydrogen bomb in November of 1952. Hydrogen Bombs were produced and were very large. Fission or fission and fusion were how they produced. Small Amounts of atoms but large amounts of PAIN INFLICITON! Massive Retaliation was when you have nuclear weapons and you use them against him and once you get attacked, you attack back so people stop attacking because they know they will just get attacked right back. Nuclear Test Ban Treaty was the saying that there could be no nuclear arms testing above ground. So people started testing underground.
h. How the Cold War ended. –
Brun’s Information- The Cold War ended because the Soviet Union was in so much debt from the Afghan War. The Soviets were is ruins after trying to defeat their enemy in the country of Afghanistan, they Russians bombed them so much, but they spent to much money on the war against the Afghans. The Soviet Union was in too much debt after this war and they became very weak. Gorbachev brought up Perestroika and Glasnost in the Soviet Union. Countries that came out of this in Europe were Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, and Moldova. The Perestroika and Glasnost was great for the US but bad for the Soviet Union.
How the Cold War ended- It is questions how the US won the Cold War or if they just watched the Soviet Union fall apart. Events leading up to the end of the Cold War were The Space Race, Entering Afghanistan, and keeping up with the US. Reagan knew if he waited their funds would be gone. The only way it was going to end was if one of us aka the US and the Soviets was if one of us stopped trying in the Cold War. Cuban Missile Crisis blew up Soviet Pride. The Soviet Union started trying to keep up with the US nuclear arsenal. The Soviet Union was spending money on satellite nations which were small countries around the Soviet Union. 1979- the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. The Soviet Union spent a lot of money to try and keep the war under Soviet Authority. The US secretly trained rebels to rally against the Soviet Union. Afghans defeated the Soviet and withdrew in 1989. The Soviet leader during the time they began to fail was Mikhail Gorbachev and the end of the Afghan War the Soviet went into a depression. Rapid changes in the Soviet economy caused problems. In order to save the Soviet Union, they had to give up the support satellite nations or keep up with the US. Results from the fall of the Soviet Union was the Berlin Wall. The City of Berlin divided the Soviets and the US in Berlin. The wall became a symbol of the Cold War between the US and the Soviet Union. In 1950 to 1960 the standard of living in the West Germany and Berlin doubled.
5. Students will understand the causes, effects and major events of the Korean Conflict.
6. Students will understand the causes, effects and major events of the Vietnam Conflict.
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