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10 th American History Unit III- U.S. Foreign Policy World War II - today

10 th American History Unit III- U.S. Foreign Policy World War II - today. Nixon-Bush #6 The End of the Cold War. Reading Quiz- Bush #6. 1. What was the violent revolution in Romania? 2. What was the Velvet Revolution? 3. What happened at the Berlin Wall? 4. What was Solidarity?

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10 th American History Unit III- U.S. Foreign Policy World War II - today

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  1. 10th American HistoryUnit III- U.S. Foreign PolicyWorld War II - today Nixon-Bush #6 The End of the Cold War

  2. Reading Quiz- Bush #6 • 1. What was the violent revolution in Romania? • 2. What was the Velvet Revolution? • 3. What happened at the Berlin Wall? • 4. What was Solidarity? • 5. Who was Boris Yeltsin? • 6. What happened to Germany in 1990? • 7. What was Glasnost and Perestroika? • 8. What was the Warsaw Pact?

  3. Events in Europe of 1989 which would led up to the end of the Cold War. • Since the end of World War II the political structure of the world consisted of two major powers centered in NATO and the Warsaw Pact countries. For nearly 45 years the two major powers representing these groups, the United States and the Soviet Union, were engaged in a cold war. The end of communism in Eastern Europe brought about a new world order under which it was hoped there would be an atmosphere of international cooperation. • April 5, 1989- Poland- Solidarity (Trade Union) declared legal and Free Elections- Solidarity sweeps the elections- 1990 Lech Walesa elected President. • May 1989- Hungary- No fence between Hungary and Austria, East Germans slipped across border into Austria and Hungary. • November 9, 1989- Berlin Wall gates were opened, East Germans flooded to West and the wall began to come down. • November 24- December 28, 1989- "The Velvet Revolution" in Czechoslovakia- Alexander Dubcek elected chairman of the Parliament. • December 17, 1989- The Violent Revolution begins in Romania. Pres. Ceausescu orders troops to gun down demonstrators. 100's die.

  4. Events in Europe of 1989 which would led up to the end of the Cold War. • December 21, 1989- Pres. Ceausescu calls for mass rally at Capital to support him. Crowd turned on the President, demonstrations got larger and troops joined the revolt. • December 25, 1989- While trying to escape, Pres. Ceausescu and his wife were caught tried and executed. • End of 1989- October 3, 1990- East and West Germany are reunified into one Germany. President Bush declares the Cold War to be over. • 1985-1990- The Soviet Union is changing- Gorbachev's Perestroika (restructuring); Warsaw Pact dissolved; Soviet Union can't provide for its own needs- Food, Clothing are scarse; a move to a freer more democratic nation; Communists give up their monopoly in politics; Chaos on a grand scale; ethnic unrest led to the break up of the U.S.S.R.

  5. Poland and Solidarity • April 5, 1989- Government agrees to make the union “Solidarity” legal and hold “free” elections. • Commnists lose the elections. • Eventually the union leader- Lech Walesa is elected president of Poland. • Soviet Union did not intercede in Poland. • Poland faced severe economic problems.

  6. Poland and Solidarity 1:25 min. 2:12 min.

  7. Warsaw Pact Countries- Eastern Europe • Hungary and Bulgaria- successful transition from communism • Romania- “Violent Revolution”- Pres. Ceausescu. • Czechoslovakia- “Velvet Revolution” • Yugoslavia-Collapsed. Ethnic rivalries caused brutal war among Muslims, Orthodox Serbs, and Roman Catholics. Ethnic Cleansing • Baltic State- Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Independent

  8. Germany • Oct. 1989- East Germany gets rid of its Communist government and opens the Berlin Wall. • Berlin Wall torn down. • Oct. 3 1990- East and West Germany are reunited into one Germany.

  9. Gorbachev and the Soviet Union • March 1985- Gorbachev is General Secretary of Communist party. • Glasnost- “openness”, allowing criticism and freedom of the press • Perestroika- “restructuring” of the Soviet society- less government control, introduced private enterprise and took steps for a democratic government.

  10. Soviet Union Declines • Dec. 1991- 14 Russian Republics declare independence. • Ethnic unrest across USSR- different national groups argue over borders. • Gorbachev resigns- not popular at home and the Soviet Union dissolves. • CIS- Commonwealth of Independent States takes over- loose federation • Feb. 1992- Boris Yeltsin-President of Russia signs START II pact with U.S.A.

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