1. Thursday Bracket – Napoleon vs. Gutenberg 14.4 NOTES
UNIT 14 PETS DUE NEXT FRIDAY
CHRONOLOGY QUIZ PART TWO NEXT MONDAY/TUESDAY
Random Fact of the Day
In 1940, 12-year-old boy Fidel Castro wrote a letter to President Roosevelt to request a$10 bill because he had never seen one before.

2. Gorbachev and the Collapse of the Soviet Union (1982-1991)
14.4

3. FALL OF THE SOVIET UNION – WHY?
Costs of protecting empire were high
Middle class were becoming too influential in the 70s and 80s
Oil Crisis of the 1970s laid groundwork for economic trouble
Nationalist resentment from other countries
War in Afghanistan was a drain

4. Helmut Kohl Germany The Atlantic Alliance
Three powerful western democracies believed that the Soviet Union was a threat
United States
Great Britain
West Germany
Very pro-American…will support USA and Great Britain ALWAYS
Helmut Kohl Germany

5. Margaret Thatcher Ronald Reagan
Believed USA could outspend USSR in military production and survive it better
USSR – “Evil Empire”
Advocated hardline military positions
Falklands War
Margaret Thatcher
Great Britain
Ronald Reagan
United States

7. Mikhail Gorbachev ( )
Sought reforms to push USSR toward modern times
Perestroika – infuse communism with capitalist measures (Lenin’s NEP)
Glasnost – open Soviet society to free speech and political liberty
Seeks to reduce East-West tensions
Repeals Brezhnev Doctrine
Ends Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
Signs INF Treaty with USA, bans IRBMs

8. Friday Bracket – Smith vs. Darwin 14.4 NOTES
Chronology Quiz – Next time I see you
Wise Guys Quiz (front) – next Wednesday/Thursday
Random Fact of the Day
In Japan, there are Pepsi- flavored Cheetos.

9. END OF AN ERA – THE FALL OF THE SOVIET UNION
Revolutions of 1989

10. The first to fall POLAND HUNGARY GERMANY
Solidarity returns, free elections come and elect non-Communists
HUNGARY
Proclaims independent republic in October 1989
GERMANY
Berlin Wall comes down in November
Germany reunified in 1990

11. More to fall CZECHOSLOVAKIA ROMANIA
“Velvet Revolution” – a general strike led to fall of communist gov’t
Vaclav Havel, dissident playwright, elected President
Country splits into two in 1993
ROMANIA
Oppressive dictator Nicolai Ceausescu assassinated
ONLY VIOLENT REVOLUTION

12. AND NOW the SOVIET UNION
Communist hard-liners attempted to force Gorbachev out of power
The people support Gorbachev…Boris Yeltsin defies the tanks
Attempted coup weakens Gorbachev
Yeltsin, fellow liberals, declare Russia independent from USSR
Christmas 1991 – Soviet Union dissolves

15. Post Cold War Struggles
President Boris Yeltsin failed to transform the Russian economy to free market capitalism
War with Chechnya throughout the 1990s

16. Vladimir Putin’s russia
Recentralization of power to executive branch
Restricts some personal freedoms
Distancing relations from the West