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1. From the Reagan Revolution to the Collapse of Communism

2. Reagan Revolution Reagan played on America’s sense of defeat. Reagan led the reaction against “Liberalism” Objective: Deconstruct the “welfare state” Lead America back to “greatness” One of our most effective Presidents The “Great Communicator” A period of excess ? The Soviet Union collapses
3. The collapse of the USSR Hungarian uprising, 1956 “Prague Spring” 1968 “Solidarity” in Poland Begins in the late 1970’s Dissent movement supported by Catholic Church
4. Solidarity was a labor union led by Walesa, an electrician at a Gdansk shipyard. protested lack of consumer goods and unemployment. expands to call for economic freedom and alternative political parties. Government tries to enforce martial law, but Solidarity spreads across Poland.
5. General strike halts economy Walesa wins Nobel Peace Prize, 1983.
6. Karol WojtylaPope John Paul II, 1979 – 2005
7. Leonid Brezhnev 1964-1982 Invades Afghanistan, 1979 Forces Polish government to declare martial law, 1981
8. Soviet Losses in Afghanistan 14,453 Killed (total) 9,500 killed in combat 4,000 died from wounds 1,000 died from disease and accidents 53,753 Wounded 312 Missing US Losses in Vietnam 58,209 deaths - 47,424 KIA - 10,785 Non-combat 153,303 WIA 2,489 MIA
9. Mikhail Gorbachev 1985-1991 glasnost perestroika 1986, Chernobyl 1989, withdrawal from Afghanistan
10. Radius of 19 miles around the reactor contaminated for the next 20,000 years.
11. Fall of Communism Timeline 1989 Poland August Hungary October Czechoslovakia November Romania December 1990 East Germany March Germany reunited in October
12. Fall of Communism Timeline 1990 Yugoslavia Slovenia Croatia Declare independence Bosnia-Herzegovina Macedonia Only Serbia and Montenegro remain in “Yugoslavia”
13. 1992 – 1995 UN Protection Force for the Former Yugoslavia NATO IFOR, 1995 – 1996 SFOR, 1996 – 2004 “Kosovo War” 1998 – 1999