1. 1970S-1990S THE END OF THE COLD WAR

2. CHINESE-SOVIET SPLIT 1.Fractures start in 1950s over Stalin 2.Cultural Revolution & “Perfecting Communism” causes rift 3.Border Wars 4.China Opens up to the West

3. EARLY 1970S- NIXON 1.Détente- Easing/Thawing of Cold War 2.Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I) 3.Watergate

4. LATE 1970S: CARTER 1.Human Rights 2.Camp David Accords- Israel & Egypt 3.Panama Canal 4.SALT II 5.Iranian Revolution 6.Hostage Crisis 7.Energy Problems

5. AFGHANISTAN 1.Soviet Involvement 2.1979 Invasion 3.Mujahideen 4.US Support 5.Soviet “Vietnam” Loss in 1989 6.Afghan Civil War

6. 1980S REAGAN 1.More Aggressive 2.Containment 3.Grenada 4.Military Build-Up 5.Star Wars 6.Involvement throughout World

7. 1980S SOVIET WEAKNESSES 1.3 Premiers in three years 2.Corruption 3.Stagnated Economy 4.High Spending on Defense 5.Few Consumer Goods 6.Drop in Oil Prices

8. END OF THE COLD WAR 1.Mikhail Gorbachev 2.Glasnost & Perestroika 3.Weakening of USSR 4.Disintegration of USSR 5.Problems 6.From Yeltsin to Putin

9. GERMANY 1.East & West Germany 2.Berlin Wall & Iron Curtain 3.Fall of the Wall 1989 4.No Soviet Response 5.Reunification 1990

10. EASTERN EUROPE 1.Fall of Communism 2.Poland- Solidarity 3.Revolts- Peaceful and Violent 4.Problems