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Richard Nixon and Policy of Detente
Ushered in a era of relaxed tension between the US, Soviet Union, and China. Signed tratys such as SALT I and Helsiki Accords. -
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
The Soviet Union interveined to help the commnist government in Afghanistan. The ar lasted 9 yeas. -
Solidary Movment in Poland(Lech Walesa)
It was the first no-comunist trade union in a warsaw pact country. t reached 9.5 million members by 1981. It was lead by Lech Walesa. The US provided up to 50 million US dollard to help it. -
Roald Reagan addresses the National Association of Evangelicals
On March 8, 1983 in Orlando Florida. Ronald Reagan called the Soviet Union an Evil Empire. The speach was mainly about moral values and how they underlay american democracy. -
Strategic Defence Initiative ("Star was")
Uses ground base and space base systems to protect the US from attacks. -
Gorbachev, Perestroika, Glasnost
Perestroika stands for reconsruction. Glasnost stants for openness. When Gorbachev was elected to office he set the country on a new path. His program helped end the cold war. -
Geneva Summit
Cold War era meeting in Geneva Switzerland. Reagan and Gorbachev met for the first time. They met to talk about international diplomicy. Both sides where looking to cut the amount f nuculear weapons. -
Reykjavik Summit, Iceland
Ronald Reagan an Gorbachev met in Icelad. Gorbachev wanted to ban all ballistics but Reagan wanted to continue "star wars". So nothing was accomplished -
Reagan speech at Brandenberg Gate, West Berlin
On the 750th aniversiary of Berlin. This is the famous "Tear down this wall". Reagan asked Gorbachev to take down the wall. 45,000 people were in attendance. He had 2 panes of bulletproof glass in front of him. -
Reagan and Gorbachev sign INF treaty
An agreement by the US and the Soviet Union. This eleminated short and long range missiles and also nuculer bombs between 300 and 3400 mile range. -
Fall of the Berlin wall
The berlin wall was torn down peice by peice. The wall did not all come down at once, but took weeks and months. many people came with sledghammers and chizzles. -
Fall of Soviet Union
The previous day Gorbachev resigned and handed over the nuculear launch codes to Boris Yeltsin the new Russian president. This marked the end of the cold war.
