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U.S. Boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics
The U.S. did not send a team to the 1980 Olympics held in Moscow. They did this to protest the invasion of Afghanistan by the Soviet Union. -
Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) (“Star Wars”)
It was to use ground-based and space-based systems to protect the United States from attack by strategic nuclear ballistic missiles. Proposed by president Reagan -
“Caribbean Basin Initiative”
The Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI) was a unilateral and temporary United States program created in 1983. It did not go into effect until 1984. -
Mikhail Gorbachev becomes General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Communist Party lost its position as the "leading and guiding force of the Soviet society" during his time. He resigned from position in August 1991. -
Iran-Contra Affair
This was a political scandal in the United States. This happened during president Reagans term and there was secret sellings of arms to Iran. -
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) ratified
Agreement between U.S. and the Soviet Union.It was agreed on December 8, 1987 -
Berlin Wall collapses
The fall of the Wall marked the first critical step towards German reunification. Germany was fully reunified 339 days later. -
1st McDonalds in Moscow
People saw this as a sign that change was on the horizon. 2 years later the Soviet Union no longer existed -
Germany is reunified
Germany had been seperated since WW1. East and West Germany tore down the Berlin Wall and became reunified. -
Warsaw Pact is dissolved
It was a defense treaty among 8 communist nations. Used during the Cold War. -
Boris Yelstin elected President of Russia
He served from 1991-1999. He was the first "president" of Russia. -
end of the Soviet Union
The day before their Mikhail Gorbachev resigned. They did this acknowledging the independence of the twelve republics of the Soviet Union
