tuesday may 17

-They Soviet Union signed a peace treaty in 1988.
-Soviet Union over ran cities in Afghan and the people fled to Pakistan.
-President Carter signed the Embargo agaisnt the Soviet Union.
-Gran and weapons and ammo was limited.
-U.S boycott against the Olympics in Moscow.
-President Carter
-65 countries refused to be included in the Olympics

INF Treaty-
-Perestroika is a Russian word meaning reconstruction, or rebuilding.
-Soviet Union wanted to rebuild the Russian country.
-Glasnost- means open-ess
-INF stands for Intermediate range Nuclear Force treaty.
-Ronald Reagan wanted to stop the Cold War and he was one of the people who signed the treaty.
-Gorbachev was the Leader of the Soviet Union



Berlin Wall-
-Berlin wall was being built in August 12 of 1961.

-Completed in August 13, 1961
-First it was guarded with a barb wire fence.
-It was built to help seperate East Berlin from west Berlin.
-they wanted to keep the East in and keep the West out.
-Communist=East

Berlin-

-West Berlin was Democratic
-East Berlin was Communist
-West Berlin could have supplies for cheap while supplies in East Berlin was expensive.
-people tried to escape by digging under the fence.
-other ways was trying to ram trucks into the wall.
-consequences include: they were seperated from familes, killed, injured, etc

-Berlin Wall Came down in 1990

 

Korean Conflict-

-North Korea (Communist) invaded South Korea (we supported)

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