1. Agenda Warm Up SOL Review Recap 2. Discussion: End of the Cold War
4. Cold War Images and Video
5. Compare and Contrast Leaders of the Cold War
6. SOL Review

2. Warm Up Describe the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Why do the US and USSR decide to decrease the amount of nukes they have?

3. End of the Cold War and Collapse of USSR

4. Reagan vs Communism Ronald Reagan elected 1980.
He was strongly against Communists and wanted to increase military strength of the USA.
Plans to use outer space to defend against attacks
1983: Star Wars Program

5. Mikhail Gorbachev 1985: Becomes last leader of Soviet Union
Big changes to USSR
He changed the policy of a closed society in favor of political and economic reform.
Withdrew forces from Afghanistan in 1988, major defeat for Soviets.

6. Soviet- Afghanistan War 1979-1989
Mujahedeen vs Soviets
US backed insurgents (military training, weapons, and $$)
Guerilla warfare works
Soviets forced to withdraw troops 1988
Al-Qaeda forms in the late 1980s
Numerous terror attacks on US and Europe

7. Glasnost and Perestroika
Glasnost – Openness of the government.
Discourage corruption by creating a government that has no secrets.
Perestroika – Restructuring of the government.
Make Communism more efficient by incorporating free-trade aspects.
In the end, Communism collapses.

8. Fall of the Wall 1989-1991 Border opened Nov 1989 Totally gone 1991
Many Eastern Germans would leave for the West (democracy).
The Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, Cold War over.
Reagan

9. Effects of Soviet Collapse
Formation of Independent countries.
Soviets no longer a superpower.
End of Cold War.
Economic hardship.
Minority revolts and ethnic conflicts.
Genocide in Bosnia 1995