BELLWORK: April 13th In chronological order, list SIX events that led to the fall of the USSR. THINKER: In your opinion, what was the biggest contributing.

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BELLWORK: April 13th In chronological order, list SIX events that led to the fall of the USSR. THINKER: In your opinion, what was the biggest contributing factor to the fall of the USSR? Why?

Fall of the USSR 1985: Gorbachev comes to power 1986: Glasnost and Perestroika 1987: Reduction of Nuclear Forces Ms. Bruggeman was born  1988: New electoral laws in USSR Gorbachev reduces Warsaw Pact troops 1989: Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan Year of Revolution = Gorbachev says he will not intervene Fall of the Berlin Wall Gorbachev and Bush meet  decide the Cold War has ended! 1990: Ends monopoly of the CPSU Baltic Republics declare independence 1991: Boris Yeltsin elected president of Russia (June) Yeltsin outlaws CPSU Gorbachev resigns as General Secretary of CPSU & dissolves party Minsk Agreement: ends the USSR, replaced by Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)

THINKER! In your opinion, what was the biggest contributing factor to the fall of the USSR? Why?

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