Today we finished up Chelsea's powerpoint and segwayed into Austin's.
Why The U.S. Won The Cold War:
- The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan took its toll on them
- It took all their resources and people got tired of it which eventually led to their fall
- Mikail Gorbachev changed his policies to Parastrika and Glassnos which gave people more freedom and started capitalism
- Detente also made times more peaceful and the US and the Soviet Union got along better
Perestroika and Glasnost/INF Treaty:
- Perestroika was Russian for "reconstructing"
- Was a political movement within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union within the 1980s
- Glasnost was Russian for "openness"
- Was the policy of maximal publicity, openness, and transparency in the activities of all government institutions
- The INF Treaty:
- Stands for Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces
- Signed by Gorbachev and Reagan in Washington D.C.
- Was meant to reduce nuclear weapons
The Korean Conflict:
- The Korean War occured from June 1950 to July 1953
- Was a conflict between communist North Korea and anti-communist South Korea
- The north invaded the south
- The US and China sent troops to support the south
- This invasion was a shock to the US
- In the beginning, the North Korean troops overwhelmed the south and American forces and drove them to a small area in South around the city of Pusan
- This battle we called the Pusan Perimeter
- The Japanese helped the US in the war effort and we paid them for resources
- What to know for the semester test:
- What started it, what was their goal, some things that happened, and the end result
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