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The End of the Cold War

The End of the Cold War. Mr. Tran. TURN IN LATE PACKETS. Please be in your seat when the bell rings, or you will stay in after!. CA Standard 11.9.5. 11.9.5. Analyze the role of the Reagan administration and other factors in the victory of the West in the Cold War. Objective.

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The End of the Cold War

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  1. The End of the Cold War Mr. Tran

  2. TURN IN LATE PACKETS • Please be in your seat when the bell rings, or you will stay in after!

  3. CA Standard 11.9.5 • 11.9.5. Analyze the role of the Reagan administration and other factors in the victory of the West in the Cold War.

  4. Objective • Students will be able to analyze the factors that led to Western victory in the Cold War by completing a worksheet in a group.

  5. Nuclear Arms Freeze

  6. Economic Problems in the USSR

  7. U.S. Actions in the Cold War

  8. The Fall of Communism in the USSR

  9. Eastern Europe Breaks with the USSR

  10. Nuclear Arms Freeze • Groups in the US in 1980 proposed a freeze on all testing, production, and deployment of nuclear weapons and the aircraft used for them by US & USSR • This movement led to limitation of nuclear weapons by 2/3rds in upcoming years • Nixon’s policy of détente led to SALT 1 Treaty (1972), limiting nuclear weapons

  11. Economic Problems in the USSR • An invasion to retain control of Afghanistan in 1979 began a long war that helped drain the economy • The communist economy performed badly because: Bad industrial production, shortages, low quality goods, poor farm output, and dependence on food imports • Satellite nations in Eastern Europe controlled required USSR’s economic support

  12. U.S. Actions in the Cold War • President Reagan proposed a huge new military buildup beginning in 1981. His program included increases in nuclear weapons and a new missile defense system. • The US and the NATO military alliance forced the USSR to continue spending heavily on military goods and troops. • U.S. support for dissidents in the USSR and Eastern Europe helped provide hope for opponents of communism

  13. The Fall of Communism in The U.S.S.R • Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev began radical economic changes in the USSR in 1985 and began to move toward more openness and free elections. • The changes increased nationalism in non-Russian republics. They declared their independence in 1991 and formed a loose federation. The Cold War officially ended in 1992. • Gorbachev realized that better relations with the United States would allow reduction in military spending and economic reform. This resulted in arms-control treaties.

  14. Eastern Europe Breaks with the USSR • Gorbachev encouraged independence of satellite nations and reduced troops there. In 1987, President Reagan encouraged Gorbachev to remove the Berlin Wall. • East Germany rejected Communist control and tore down the Berlin Wall in 1989. East Germany reunited with West Germany in 1990. • Other countries established new governments and free elections as well, including Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and the Baltic states.

  15. WE DO TOGETHER

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