1970s-1990s the end of the cold war. chinese-soviet split 1.fractures start in 1950s over stalin...
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1970s-1990s1970s-1990s
The End of the Cold WarThe End of the Cold War
Chinese-Soviet Split
1. Fractures start in 1950s over Stalin
2. Cultural Revolution & “Perfecting Communism” causes rift
3. Border Wars4. China Opens up to
the West
Early 1970s- Nixon
1. Détente- Easing/Thawing of Cold War
2. Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I)
3. Watergate
Late 1970s: Carter
1. Human Rights2. Camp David
Accords- Israel & Egypt
3. Panama Canal4. SALT II5. Iranian Revolution6. Hostage Crisis7. Energy Problems
Afghanistan
1. Soviet Involvement
2. 1979 Invasion
3. Mujahideen
4. US Support
5. Soviet “Vietnam” Loss in 1989
6. Afghan Civil War
1980s Reagan
1. More Aggressive
2. Containment
3. Grenada
4. Military Build-Up
5. Star Wars
6. Involvement throughout World
1980s Soviet Weaknesses
1. 3 Premiers in three years
2. Corruption3. Stagnated
Economy4. High Spending on
Defense5. Few Consumer
Goods6. Drop in Oil Prices
End of the Cold War
1. Mikhail Gorbachev
2. Glasnost & Perestroika
3. Weakening of USSR
4. Disintegration of USSR
5. Problems
6. From Yeltsin to Putin
Germany
1. East & West Germany
2. Berlin Wall & Iron Curtain
3. Fall of the Wall 1989
4. No Soviet Response
5. Reunification 1990
Eastern Europe
1. Fall of Communism
2. Poland- Solidarity
3. Revolts- Peaceful and Violent
4. Problems
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