1. REMINDER Cold War Quiz tomorrow Study Guide Due!!
Friday – Performance Final!

2. The Cold War Thaws

3. Refresh What was the Cold War?
How did Stalin go against the decision made at the Yalta conference?
What was containment?
What was the purpose of NATO?
Why was the Berlin Wall built?
Why did the US get involved in Vietnam/Korea?

4. What will happen to Soviet Communism?
1. Stalin Dies
March 1953
Names no successor…
What will happen to Soviet Communism?

5. Tweet
#Stalinisdead: Your leader has died. How do you feel?

6. 2. Krushchev and Destalinization
Krushchev takes over in 1956
Begins “destalinization” policy
Purging the country of Stalin’s memory
Wants peaceful competition with capitalist states
BUT life doesn’t change for satellite countries
Revolts

7. Two things
Thing 1: List one reason why Khrushchev wanted to destalinize
Thing 2: Think of one change that might occur

8. 3. Soviet- Chinese Split
China and USSR signed 30 year treaty of friendship in 1950
BUT the Soviet Union thought the Chinese would follow their leadership…
the Chinese hated that!
Led to fighting along their border

9. Acrostic
Using the letters in the word “split”, write an acrostic poem describing the decline in the Soviet-Chinese relationship. S- P- L- I- T-

10. 4. Cuban Missile Crisis
Khrushchev decides to build missile sites in Cuba and JFK finds out
JFK demands that they be removed
Creates a blockade of Cuba
Cold War becomes very hot
Almost a full on nuclear war!
Luckily, Khrushchev backs down at the last possible second
…Whew!

12. Think about which side you would have supported and make your own protest sign!

13. One more woman Margaret Thatcher of the United Kingdom
Prime Minister (1st female)
Only woman to have held this post or leader of a major political party
Nicknamed “iron lady”
Fought for capitalism, economic privatization, ending of Soviet communism
“She combined a flamboyant willpower with evident femininity”
Times Magazine, 100 most influential people

16. 5. Brezhnev’s Harsh Policies
Brezhnev takes over after Khrushchev loses popularity
Limits freedom of speech and worship
Censorship and secret police
Brezhnev Doctrine- made sure that the satellite countries don’t rid of communism

17. Similarities
Think back to Stalin. Write three quick ways that Stalin and Brezhnev were similar

18. 6. Brinkmanship to Détente
What was brinkmanship?
Because of Vietnam war, the US needed a timeout
Détente - a cooling of tensions
This does NOT mean they stop fighting communism
The two sides just agree to reduce the tension

19. How would you represent détente?
DRAW A PICTURE
How would you represent détente?

20. 7. SALT Nixon visits USSR in 1972 Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
US/USSR sign 5 year agreement to reduce the # of nuclear missiles
7. SALT

21. Write a quick response to each question about the SALT talks and the treaty that followed
WHO?
WHEN?
WHERE?
WHY?

22. 8. Gorbachev’s reforms Gorbachev – took office in 1981
Glasnost- “openness”
Needed a free flow of ideas
Churches opened, dissidents released from prisoners, reporters could criticize
Perestroika- “economic restructuring”
Revive economy
Small businesses allowed to open
managers given more control over farms and factories

23. Make a Prediction
After years of being unable to criticize policies and government officials and struggling with the inefficient economy, the USSR now has freedom of speech and economic reform, thanks to glasnost and perestroika. Discuss with a partner about what you think is going to happen next…

25. 9. Fall of the Berlin Wall
Cause: East Germans were furious that their government had completely closed the borders…no one could get out!
So how would you react if you were an East German?
PROTEST!!!
Finally, on November 9, 1989, the new East German leader opened the Berlin Wall

27. GRAFFITI
Make a form of graffiti with a political motive

28. 10. Collapse of the Soviet Union
Gorbachev resigns
December 1991, all satellite nations had declared independence
Boris Yeltsin became Head of State
Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic
CIS - Commonwealth of Independent States
Marks the death of the Soviet Union

30. Your Opinion
In your opinion – what do you think really made the Soviet Union fall? Bad leadership? Bad ideas? Explain in 2+ sentences.