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1970s-1990s The End of the Cold War

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Page 1: 1970S-1990S THE END OF THE COLD WAR. CHINESE-SOVIET SPLIT 1.Fractures start in 1950s over Stalin 2.Cultural Revolution & “Perfecting Communism” causes

1970s-1990s1970s-1990s

The End of the Cold WarThe End of the Cold War

Page 2: 1970S-1990S THE END OF THE COLD WAR. CHINESE-SOVIET SPLIT 1.Fractures start in 1950s over Stalin 2.Cultural Revolution & “Perfecting Communism” causes

Chinese-Soviet Split

1. Fractures start in 1950s over Stalin

2. Cultural Revolution & “Perfecting Communism” causes rift

3. Border Wars4. China Opens up to

the West

Page 3: 1970S-1990S THE END OF THE COLD WAR. CHINESE-SOVIET SPLIT 1.Fractures start in 1950s over Stalin 2.Cultural Revolution & “Perfecting Communism” causes

Early 1970s- Nixon

1. Détente- Easing/Thawing of Cold War

2. Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I)

3. Watergate

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Late 1970s: Carter

1. Human Rights2. Camp David

Accords- Israel & Egypt

3. Panama Canal4. SALT II5. Iranian Revolution6. Hostage Crisis7. Energy Problems

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Afghanistan

1. Soviet Involvement

2. 1979 Invasion

3. Mujahideen

4. US Support

5. Soviet “Vietnam” Loss in 1989

6. Afghan Civil War

Page 6: 1970S-1990S THE END OF THE COLD WAR. CHINESE-SOVIET SPLIT 1.Fractures start in 1950s over Stalin 2.Cultural Revolution & “Perfecting Communism” causes

1980s Reagan

1. More Aggressive

2. Containment

3. Grenada

4. Military Build-Up

5. Star Wars

6. Involvement throughout World

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1980s Soviet Weaknesses

1. 3 Premiers in three years

2. Corruption3. Stagnated

Economy4. High Spending on

Defense5. Few Consumer

Goods6. Drop in Oil Prices

Page 8: 1970S-1990S THE END OF THE COLD WAR. CHINESE-SOVIET SPLIT 1.Fractures start in 1950s over Stalin 2.Cultural Revolution & “Perfecting Communism” causes

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

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Germany

1. East & West Germany

2. Berlin Wall & Iron Curtain

3. Fall of the Wall 1989

4. No Soviet Response

5. Reunification 1990

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Eastern Europe

1. Fall of Communism

2. Poland- Solidarity

3. Revolts- Peaceful and Violent

4. Problems