1. Date: 3/9/16 Activity: End of Cold War
Welcome to Contemporary U.S. and World History Pg
Assignment
Date 24
Iran-Contra PPT Notes
3/7 25
Iran-Contra/Watergate Comparison 26
End of Cold War PPT Notes
3/8 27
Independence Movements in Eastern Europe 28
Soviet Reforms
28A
Independence Movements Reading Packets (6th prd)
Date: 3/9/16
Activity: End of Cold War
Warm Up: Do the First PDN on your PPT notes (page 26)
Homework:
-*Independence Movements Notes due Tuesday 3/15
-3rd period will complete in class Thursday, ( 6th period: Use packets to answer)

2. Date: 3/10/16 Activity: End of Cold War Warm Up: None Homework:
Welcome to Contemporary U.S. and World History Pg
Assignment
Date 24
Iran-Contra PPT Notes
3/7 25
Iran-Contra/Watergate Comparison 26
End of Cold War PPT Notes
3/8 27
Independence Movements in Eastern Europe 28
Soviet Reforms
28A
Independence Movements Reading Packets (6th prd)
Date: 3/10/16
Activity: End of Cold War
Warm Up: None
Homework:
-*Independence Movements Notes due Tuesday 3/15
-3rd period will complete in class Thursday, ( 6th period: Use packets to answer)
Reagan and George H.W. Bush Test Thursday 3/17
-NO STUDY GUIDE

3. THE END OF THE COLD WAR

4. RONALD REAGAN STRONG STANCE VS. USSR: HARSH RHETORIC:
USSR THE “EVIL EMPIRE”
BUILDS UP U.S. MILITARY TO USE AS LEVERAGE IN NEGOTIATIONS
DO NOW!
EXPLAIN HOW HAVING A STRONGER MILITARY WOULD HELP THE U.S. NEGOTIATE WITH THE USSR.
RONALD REAGAN

5. STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE (SDI)
U.S. BEGINS RESEARCH ON ANTI- MISSILE SATELLITE DEFENSE SYSTEM
NICKNAMED “STAR WARS”
USSR CONCERNED:
BELIEVE U.S. CAN MAKE SYSTEM WORK
MANY AMERICANS SKEPTICAL:
TECHNOLOGY DID NOT EXIST
TOO EXPENSIVE

8. REAGAN SUPPORTS ANTI-COMMUNIST REBELS (CONTRAS) IN NICARAGUA

10. REAGAN INVADES CARIBBEAN ISLAND OF GRENADA
GRENADA DEVELOPING CLOSE TIES WITH COMMUNIST CUBA

11. GORBACHEV TAKES OVER 1985 – MIKHAIL GORBACHEV NEW LEADER OF USSR:
INHERITS MANY PROBLEMS
TRIES NEW LIBERAL REFORMS:
GLASNOST - ALLOWED OPEN CRITICISM OF THE USSR AND FREEDOM OF THE PRESS
PERESTROIKA – ECONOMIC REFORMS - SOME PRIVATE ENTERPRISE
FIRST STEPS TOWARDS LIMITED DEMOCRACY

12. THE SOVIET ECONOMY BEGINS TO COLLAPSE:
INEFFICIENCIES
ATTEMPTS TO MATCH U.S. MILITARY SPENDING
Star Wars (SDI)
Comparison between USSR and US economies (1989) according to 1990 CIA World Factbook[19]
USSR US
GDP ( millions $)
2,659,500
5,233,300
Population (July 1990)
290,938,469
250,410,000
GDP Per Capita ($)
9,211
21,082
Labour force (1989)
152,300,000
125,557,000

13. NEW SOVIET FOREIGN POLICY
SOUGHT BETTER RELATIONS WITH U.S.
SIGNED TREATY TO REDUCE NUCLEAR WEAPONS PRODUCED BY BOTH U.S. & USSR
ALLOWED COMMUNIST SATELLITE NATIONS TO BECOME DEMOCRATIC & INDEPENDENT

14. REAGAN AND GORBY DISCUSSING THE NUCLEAR WEAPONS TREATY

15. PLEASE DO NOW!
WHY DO YOU THINK MIKHAIL GORBACHEV DECIDED TO SEEK BETTER RELATIONS WITH THE U.S. AND TO ALLOW THE FALL OF COMMUNIST GOVERNMENTS IN EASTERN EUROPE?

16. POLAND LEADS THE WAY
1989: POLISH TRADE UNION SOLIDARITY DEFEATED THE COMMUNIST PARTY IN ELECTIONS
LECH WAŁĘSA, THE LEADER OF SOLIDARITY, BECAME PRESIDENT OF POLAND

17. COLLAPSE OF EASTERN EUROPE
EAST GERMANY:
NOV. 1989: EAST GERMANY OPENED BERLIN WALL
BERLINERS BEGAN TEARING DOWN THE WALL

18. BRINGING THE WALL DOWN

20. GERMANY WAS REUNIFIED IN 1990

21. OTHER REVOLUTIONS CZECHOSLOVAKIA VELVET REVOLUTION (NON-VIOLENT)
LATVIA, LITHUANIA AND ESTONIA DECLARED THEIR INDEPENDENCE FROM THE USSR
HUNGARY, BULGARIA AND ROMANIA BECAME DEMOCRACIES

23. DECLINE OF THE SOVIET UNION
GORBY’S REFORMS LED TO NATIONALISM IN NON-RUSSIAN SOVIET REPUBLICS
COMMUNIST HARDLINERS FAILED IN AN ATTEMPT TO OVERTHROW GORBACHEV
IN DEC. 1991, 14 NON-RUSSIAN REPUBLICS DECLARED INDEPENDENCE
GORBY RESIGNED & THE USSR (ALONG WITH THE COLD WAR) CAME TO AN END
BORIS YELTSIN IS ELECTED THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

24. DO NOW!
WOULD YOU GIVE PRESIDENT REAGAN ANY CREDIT FOR BRINGING THE COLD WAR TO AN END? EXPLAIN.

25. CHINA AFTER THE COLD WAR
COMMUNISM GOES ON:
IN 1980s CHINESE GOV’T EASED ITS GRIP ON BUSINESSES AND TRADE
DEMANDS FOR DEMOCRACY:
MASSIVE STUDENT DEMONSTRATIONS IN BEIJING’S TIANANMEN SQUARE
CHINESE MILITARY CRUSHED THE REVOLTS
THE WORLD WATCHED IN HORROR AS ARMED FORCES SLAUGHTERED UNARMED STUDENTS

26. AN UNKNOWN PROTESTOR BLOCKS THE TANKS SENT TO BREAK UP THE STUDENT PROTESTS

27. Independence Movements
Now you will read about the individual independence movements in the USSR.
You will take notes on the notes page provided.
Get the major points, you don’t need every detail!
When looking for date of independence, some will be vague, try to look for date of free elections.

28. Reagan and the end of the Cold War