1. Collapse of Communism in Europe USII.8c

2. How did communism collapse in Europe?

3. For more than 40 years, the Cold War influenced the world. Education, medicine, sporting events, even movies and books were driven by the conflict. 1980s: things began to change

4. Gerald R. Ford (1974 – 1977) 38th James E. Carter, Jr. (1977 – 1981)

5. Ronald W. Reagan (1981 – 1989) 40th 1985: Mikhail Gorbachev became leader of the Soviet Union

6. Under Gorbachev, people in the Soviet Union were allowed more freedom. Perestroika (reform of the Soviet economy) Factory managers operated with more freedom Private enterprise Elections for assembly

7. Gorbachev and Reagan met to discuss Soviet- U.S. relations. New treaties were signed limiting nuclear missiles

8. Eastern Europe faced many of the problems the Soviet Union did: Inefficient factories – little consumer goods Polluted lands Unpopular governments

9. Building the Berlin Wall

10. "There are some who say that Communism is the wave of the future. Let them come to Berlin." --President John F. Kennedy, Berlin, Germany, June 26, 1963 President Reagan's speech card from his remarks in Berlin, June 12, 1987

11. Reagan addresses Gorbachev http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtYdj bpBk6A http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtYdj bpBk6A 1989: East European nations declared their independence from the Soviet Union 1961: Soviet Union built the Berlin Wall dividing East from West. 1989: The Berlin Wall was torn down, The Cold War is over!!! 1990: East and West Germany reunited, Soviet Union breaks up into independent countries

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13. Newspaper Article http://www.neok12.com/video/Cold- War/zX576b415875535b4f7c6706.htm You will create a newspaper article concerning the fall of the Berlin Wall. This will be taken for a grade at the end of class, so show effort and stay on task. Your article will include: 1 heading for the article 1 paragraph about problems with the Berlin Wall (at least 5 sentences) 1 paragraph about the importance of tearing down the Berlin Wall (at least 5 sentences) 1 picture – clear, detailed, with background Guiding questions 1.What were problems Germans had with the Berlin Wall? 2.Was it a positive or negative thing? 3.What did the wall symbolize? 4.How would Americans react if this happened to them? 5.Why was tearing down the wall important? 6.When was the wall torn down? 7.What does this do for countries formerly under control of the Soviet Union? 8.What would someone living there say about the wall and its destruction?