End of Cold War

 Warm-up and Review Homework  Map on Southeast Asia  Quiz on Cold War  Notes  Video-People Power  Homework- Vocab and Cold War Test

 Soviet Union a. Increasing Soviet military expenses to compete with the United States b. Economic inefficiency  Eastern European countries (communist block) wanted independence  U.S. encouraged dissidents (people who wanted independence) in communist countries (Poland)

 Ronald Reagan (President of the U.S.) 1. Challenged moral legitimacy of the Soviet Union (“Mr. Gorbachev, tearMr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall”). 2. Increased U.S. military and economic pressure on the Soviet Union

Mikhail Gorbachev Mikhail Gorbachev – President of the (Soviet Union) 1. Allowed people to criticize the government without fear. (Glanost) 2. For the first time since 1917, people were allowed to own small businesses. (perestrokia). 3. Last President of the Soviet Union and many of the changes he made helped to end the Soviet influence in Eastern Europe.

Margaret Thatcher  British Prime Minister  Promoted free trade and less government  Fostered a close relationship with the United States and supported U.S. foreign policy  Asserted Britain’s military power in world affairs  Helped to end the Cold War.

 Establishment of independent states in Eastern Europe and the breakup of the Soviet Union  Movement toward a free market economy  Fall of Berlin wall and reunification of GermanyBerlin wall