the end of the cold war
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THE END OF THE COLD WAR. Main Idea: President George Bush’s foreign policy commanded broad support BUT his domestic agenda did not. George Bush Takes Office. His Resume…. 1940s Navy pilot - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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THE END OF THE COLD WAR
Main Idea: President George Bush’s foreign policy commanded broad support BUT his domestic agenda
did not
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George Bush Takes Office
His Resume….• 1940s Navy pilot• During the 70s Bush was an
ambassador to the UN & was the 1st diplomatic envoy to the People’s Republic of China
• From ’76-’77 he headed the CIA• ’81-’89 Vice President to Reagan• Reagan leaves office – Americans
wanted a continuation of his domestic policies (low taxes + little gov’t action)
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George Bush Takes Office
• Bush wins the election of ’88 (against Dukakis) on his platform of foreign policy. – 54% of the popular vote
Republican nomination: George Bush - “Read my lips: No new taxes!”- Continued Reagan’s domestic policies
Democratic nomination: Michael Dukakis- Pushed to help minorities & the poor- Liberal
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The Cold War EndsGorbachev’s Reforms
• Bush continued Reagan’s policy of cooperation with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev
• The Soviet’s economy was struggling from a lack of planning/ $$ spent on arms
• Gorby ordered a PERESTROIKA: restructuring of the economy & allowed some private enterprise & profit-making
• He also called for GLASNOST: openness allowing more freedom of religion & speech, allowing people to discuss politics openly
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Revolution in Eastern EuropeGlasnost was now spreading as an ideology throughout Eastern Europe
In 1989 peaceful revolutions replaced Communist rulers with democratic gov’ts in Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Romania & Bulgaria
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• Soon glasnost spread to E. Germany
• Midnight: November 9, 1989 guards at the Berlin Wall opened the gates
• Bulldozers leveled the symbol of Communist repression & within 1 year, East & West Germany reunited
Revolution in Eastern Europe
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The Soviet Union Collapses• Gorbachev faced a
ton of criticism from opponents/ traditionalists at home
• August 1991 – a group of Communist officials/ army officers staged a coup: overthrow of the gov’t & arrested Gorbachev, sending troops into Moscow
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The Soviet Union Collapses• In Moscow, Russian president
Boris Yeltsin pushed back these troops & was supported by Bush & the U.S., collapsing the coup. Gorbachev returned to Moscow.
• All 15 Soviet republics declared their independence from the Soviet Union!!!– Yeltsin outlaws the Communist
Party in Russia– December 1991 = the end of the
Soviet Union
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Revolution in Eastern Europe
• P.882 in your book1. Fill in the 6 speech bubbles accordingly2. Find/ label the territories listed in the box3. Use the book or your phone to draw where the Berlin wall WAS