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U.S. boycott of 1980 Summer Olympics
U.S. officials went to India in search for Muhammad Ali, to ask him to help get African Americans to support a boycott of the Summer Olympics in Moscow.It was actually the United States President, Jimmy Carter, who had proposed and wanted this boycott against the Olympics held in Moscow. Ali was not happy, he was quite hurt and felt as if he was just a puppet of the White House. -
“Caribbean Basin Initiative”
President Reagan wasthe one who announced this new program. The “Caribbean Basin Initiative” was made in order to help out the Carribbean Basin with their economic developement and their export diversification. This also was made in order to prevent the overthrowing of the governments in the region. -
Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) (“Star Wars”)
The Strategic Defense Initiative was a program in which it was to prevent missile attacks from other countries, by developing a anti-ballistic system. The Soviet Union was at the top of the list obviously. Soon to be, people found out that this program would involve lasers, particle beams, and projectiles. -
Mikhail Gorbachev becomes General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Gorbachev was wanting his own personal power in his new Soviet Leadership. He tried making many changes, one of them that includes rapid technological modernization. -
Iran-Contra Affair
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The Iran-Contra Affair was an effort to get American hostages back from Iran, by supplying them with weapons. -
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) ratified
General Secretary Gorbachev was going to propose a plan in which they would ban all nuclear weapons by the year 2000. Both the United States and the Soviet Union would dismantle all of their nuclear weapons. -
Berlin Wall collapses
The head of East Germany's Communist Party had announced that the citizens of East Germany were able to cross the border whenever they wanted. Crowds of people came that night and destroyed the wall. Even still, the wall stands as one of the most powerful symbols of the Cold War. -
1st McDonalds opens in Moscow
The first McDonald's fast food restaurant opens in Moscow. This was a notorious symbol of capitalism in the Soviet Union. This was menat to be a pleasurable experience to enjoy a meal. -
Germany is reunified
In East and West Germany there had been a strong drive for reunification. West Germany had a political reunification under the West German Constitution. Kohl had retained power and in 1994, everything started going uphill and the economy improved. -
Warsaw Pact is dissolved
The Warsaw Pact includes Soviet Union, Albania, Poland, Romania, Hungary, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Bulgaria. The Warsaw Pact intact until 1991. This would defend any member from any outside force. -
Boris Yelstin elected President of Russia
Right after the President had been elected, two months actually, there had been a coup in which he and Gorbachev were aimed at. The President had people rallying and encouraged people to oppose to coup. Luckily, the takeover failed. Boris Yelstin actually had been re-elected in 1996. -
end of the Soviet Union
The Soviet Union had fallen into 15 different countries, the Soviet Union was no longer. The collapse had been seen as victory for freedom, democracy over totalitarianism, and the superiority of capitalism over socialism.