Warm-up How much credit does Ronald Regan deserve his legacy as the man who brought down the Soviet Union? What reforms did Gorbachev put in place in the.

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Warm-up How much credit does Ronald Regan deserve his legacy as the man who brought down the Soviet Union? What reforms did Gorbachev put in place in the 80’s? List the causes of the fall of the Soviet Union.

No Warm-up Get out your Vietnam timeline stuff from yesterday.

No Warm-up Get out your textbook notes from last night. We’ll discuss them when the bell rings.

Think-pair-share What were the reasons the United States and Soviet Union could not agree on a workable postwar relationship? Why did the Soviet Union pursue the domination of Eastern Europe, including constructing the Berlin Wall? What was the "Domino Theory"? What was "containment"? Why and how did the United States pursue containment as a strategy? Why did crises like the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Vietnam War, or the Berlin Wall crisis not develop into war? How much credit does Ronald Regan deserve his legacy as the man who brought down the Soviet Union? What reforms did Gorbachev put in place in the 80’s? List the causes of the fall of the Soviet Union.

SALT II (Strategic Arms Limitation Talks)

“Star Wars”

Spending

Glasnost- “Openness” allowed greater freedoms and open criticism of the Soviet government.

Perestroika- “Restructuring” This was Gorbachev’s plan to restructure and decentralize the economy.

The New Union Treaty

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