1. 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?

2. 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)

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

5. Finish Vietnam War!