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1 The End of Cold War Berlin Wall-Long standing symbol of Cold War 1961

2 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

3 Revolts in Eastern Europe (1950’s and 1960’s) Soviets used force to crush public protests No outside assistance East Germany Poland Hungary Czechoslovakia

4 Glasnost and Perestroika Mikhail Gorbachev Movement towards progress, reform, openness in USSR under Gorbachev 1980s Perestroika-Economic restructuring Glasnost-Openness Leads to…..

5 How did Eastern Europeans react to Gorbachev’s reforms?

6 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.

7 Revolutions 1989 Poland-Solidarity Czechoslovakia-Velvet Revolution Romania-Violent Hungary-opened border with Austria East Germany…

8 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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11 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

12 USSR 15 separate republics-All want independence Boris Yelstin-Republic of Russia Gorbachev’s power-largely gone

13 Fall of USSR: December 25 1991 Ethnic unrest Need for new governments http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4bWo49OoFo&feature=related

14 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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16 European Union (1992) Economic and political confederation 28 Countries Must have a stable democratic government Competitive market Economy

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