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The End of Cold War Berlin Wall-Long standing symbol of Cold War 1961
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USSR Leaders to be Aware of Stalin- Command Economy Government controls all economic decisions Khrushchev- De-Stalinization Rid USSR of Stalinist influence Loosened drastic Stalin-era economic and political restrictions
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Revolts in Eastern Europe (1950’s and 1960’s) Soviets used force to crush public protests No outside assistance East Germany Poland Hungary Czechoslovakia
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Glasnost and Perestroika Mikhail Gorbachev Movement towards progress, reform, openness in USSR under Gorbachev 1980s Perestroika-Economic restructuring Glasnost-Openness Leads to…..
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How did Eastern Europeans react to Gorbachev’s reforms?
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1 Polish demonstrators march in support of the democratic Solidarity movement. 2 The struggle for democracy turns violent in Romania, where tanks operated by pro-democracy troops fire on government supporters. 3 Thousands of Czechoslovakians protest against the nation’s Communist regime.
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Revolutions 1989 Poland-Solidarity Czechoslovakia-Velvet Revolution Romania-Violent Hungary-opened border with Austria East Germany…
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Fall of Berlin Wall Fall Nov. 9 th 1989 Strongest symbol of Cold War and Soviet Repression…gone Paved way for Reunification of Germany 1990
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Reagan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyJZOW4 mvYM&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyJZOW4 mvYM&feature=related Newscast http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snsdDb7K Dkg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snsdDb7K Dkg
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USSR 15 separate republics-All want independence Boris Yelstin-Republic of Russia Gorbachev’s power-largely gone
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Fall of USSR: December 25 1991 Ethnic unrest Need for new governments http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4bWo49OoFo&feature=related
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Yugoslavia Nationalism Bosnia and Herzegovina declared its independence in 1992 Bosnia Serbs used ethnic cleansing against Bosnian Muslims Serbian province of Kosovo-Serbs and ethnic Albanians fought over control
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European Union (1992) Economic and political confederation 28 Countries Must have a stable democratic government Competitive market Economy
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