The End

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The End of the Cold War
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The Cold War Ended When...
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It Got W.A.R.M.E.R.
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Warsaw Pact countries became nationalistic
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Q Which superpower led the Warsaw Pact?
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Warsaw Pact countries became nationalistic
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They got tired of Soviet domination
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
East Germany
Poland
Romania
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Awful Soviet Economy
What an awful Soviet Economy!
Communism couldnt keep up with Capitalism
Q What capitalist country was the USSR trying to
keep up with?
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Ronald Reagan won the arms race
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Q What is an arms race?
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Reagan built up the US military
and demanded the USSR allow freedom
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Even though he called the USSR the Evil Empire,
Reagan still made friends with the Soviet leader,
Gorbachev. Reagan let Gorbachev know that the US
was willing to work with the USSR, but only if
the USSR allowed freedom.
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Mikhail Gorbachev let USSR see the West
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-Soviet people want what West has
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Expansion of NATO
NATO
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Expansion of NATO
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Expansion of NATO
NATO got more powerful as more countries joined it
Q What country was the leader of NATO? Q What
alliance was the enemy of NATO?
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Rah, Rah, USSR empire collapses
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-countries conquered by USSR demand independence
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1989 - protestors begin tearing down Berlin Wall.

Others behind Iron Curtain begin to protest
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Reflection What does the Cold War and its
outcome say about freedom and rights v.
dictatorships and communism?