humanities - the 20th century - the cold war - student work 2
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The Domino Effect
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Europe Before the Cold War
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Ronald Reagan
January 20, 1981, Reaganis elected 40th Presidentof the united states
In January 1984 Reaganannounces his foreignpolicy speech to thepublic
Later went on to have
three meetings withMikhail Gorbachev(USSR leader) discussingNuclear arms and thecold war
He steps down as
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Mikhail Gorbachev
In 1985 Mikhail Gorbachevbecomes President ofthe USSR
In June, 1987 he
announced perestroikaand glasnost to public
Gorbachev steps down asPresident of USSR in
1991, December 25 Hammer and sickle is
lowered for the last timeover the Kremlin
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Gorbachev and Reaganmeet
November 21 1985,Gorbachev and Reaganmeet for the first timeand agree to meet two
times after October 11-12 1986,
Gorbachev and Reaganmeet at the ReykjavikSummit and almost
reach an agreement onnuclear arms
Intermediate RangeNuclear Forces Treaty issigned by Gorbachev
and Reagan in
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Able Archer
Soviet air defences take aNATO (North Atlantic
Treaty Organisation)nuclear release test as a
cover up attack on thecountry and in responseto it they place theirSoviet nuclear forces on
high alert.
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Unilateral Moratorium
In 1985 on the 6th ofAugust (40thanniversary ofHiroshima) the Soviets
announced a five monthunilateral moratoriumon the testing of nucleartesting. This meant they
would put a stop to allnuclear testing for fivemonths. The USApalmed this off aspropaganda and refused
to follow. The
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Perestroika
In Ju n e 1 9 8 7 G o rb a che v
.a n n o u n ce d Pe re stro ika H is
g o a l w a s to b e o p e n a b o u t
h is d e cisio n s to p re ssu re
co n se rva tiv e s w ith in th ep a rty w ho o p p o se d h is
.p o licie s Pe re stro ika w a s a
g o v e rn m e n ta l re fo rm fo r th e
S o vie t U n io n b y n o w b o th
g o v e rn m e n ts w e re sta rtin g
to th ro w id e a s aro u n d th a t
-w ere u n th ou g h t of
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Challenge of the Berlin Wall
In 1987 Reaganchallenged Gorbachevto tear down the Berlinwall. Gorbachev did not
take him up on the offer.Again this wassomething un-thoughtof.
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Withdrawal of Afghanistan
On May 15 1988 theSoviets started towithdraw their troopsfrom Afghanistan. In
1989 they fullywithdrew all of theirtroops completely. Thiswas a turning point for
the Cold War
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Malta Conference
December 3rd 1989, at theend of the MaltaConference Sovietleader Gorbachev and
US President George H.W. Bush declared a longlasting era of peace hadbegun. This was
regarded as the end ofthe Cold War. Later onthe Soviet Uniondissolved itself andRussia broke up.
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Post Cold War Map
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The End