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U.S. boycott of 1980 Summer Olympics
A protest against the Soviets invading Afghanistan. A total of 63 countries did not participate because they were unhappy with the Soviet Union and communism. -
Star Wars
This took place under President Reagan. His goal was to prevent and stop missiles from other countries. He had too complicated of ideas to stop them, these plans would not work. -
“Caribbean Basin Initiative”
this would provide trade and tariff benefits for central american and caribbean countries. Occured after the "Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act". -
Mikhail Gorbachev becomes General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
He would take over and try to spread communism. It would surprise the people when he told them they now had freedom of speech. He had strong beliefs in making changes. -
Iran-Contra Affair
We would secretly sell arms to iran, in exchange for arms embargo. This would cause issues with other countries and they would turn towards one another. -
(INF) ratified
Between America and the Soviet Union, we would eliminate the use of missiles. This included both short and intermediate range missiles. -
Berlin wall collapses
The wall separating the two halves of the city would fall. This would now allow communism to spread. This was something they had been trying to prevent. -
The first McDonald's to open in Moscow
This would have an impact on their nation. The change they had needed would come along with the opportunity of something new, fast food. -
Germany is reunified
Between eastern and western Germany to bring them together. This would lead to the economy improving greatly. -
Warsaw Pact is dissolved
it was mailny organized to begin with, to maintain control over military frorces in Europe (keep peace). Later, this would come to an end when the cold War was over. A new group would be formed. -
Boris Yeltsin gets elected President of Russia
He claimed that he would "transform Russia's socialist command economy into a free market economy". The people of the nation liked that idea and supported him greatly. -
The end of the Soviet Union
This would separate The Soviet Union into independent sections, or states. 12 exactly, giving people more rights and freedom.
