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Richard Nixon & Policy of Detente
After Tet Offensive, Nixon began to pursue detente with the Soviet Union and the rapproachment with China. He hoped this would isolate the North Vietnamese from the larger communist powers. The Detente led to nuclear arms reduction. -
Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
They wanted a country with abilities to get oil from the Gulf, Afghanistans government had been over thrown and were vaulnerable to the taking over of another country. The Soviets invaded and started to make reforms within Afghannistan. -
Solidarity Movement in Poland (Lech Walesa)
The Solidarity Movement was a trade union federation that was under the leadership of Lech Walesa. This union was the frist trade union that was not communist controlled within the country. The U.S. was a supporter of the union and eventually the group became a threat to the governent, causing the government to negotiate with them. -
Reagan Speech to the National Association of Evangelicals
Reagan lables soviet union as an evil empire. "They preach the supremacy of the state, declare its omnipotence over individual man and predict its eventual domination of all peoples on the Earth. They are the focus of evil in the modern world.... So, in your discussions of the nuclear freeze proposals, I urge you to beware the temptation of pride, the temptation of blithely declaring yourselves above it all and label both sides equally at fault, to ignore the facts of history and the aggressive" -
Strategic Defense Initiative
Was a plan to help stop any missles that th esoviets may launch. Many thought that the plan was unrealistic and thought it sounded like something from a movie.
Rian archive 850809 general secretary of the cpsu cc m. gorbachev (crop) small square 11th Mar, 1985 Mikhail Gorbachev becomes General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union -
Summit in Geneva, Switzerland
Reagan and Gorbachev's first time meeting in Geneva to discuss international relations and the arms race. They were trying to prevent WWIII from happening. Gorbachev said "We viewed the Geneva meeting realistically, without grand expectations, yet we hoped to lay the foundations for a serious dialogue in the future." -
Reykjavik Summit, Iceland
The Reykjavik Summit was a metting held between Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev to discuss nuclear weapons. This meeting ended with no real agreement between the two leaders, but the progress that was made at this meeting helped lead to the creation of the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty between the United States and Soviet Union. -
Reagan speech at Branderberg Gate, West Berlin
Reagan along with Gorbachev were trying to free Berlin and unify it. He said he wanted to "tear down this wall" -
Reagan and Gorbachev sign INF
An agreement between US and Soviet Union to eliminate nuclear and conventional ballistic missles that can go long distances. Any ones that didn't fallow the rules were destroyed -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
The wall caused the death of above 800 people. It was finally taken down on the 9th of Nov. -
Gorbachev, Perestroika, Glasnost
Gorbachev was elected the first executive president of the Soviet Union. Gorbachev created a dual program of Perestroika and Glasnost, which introduced large changes in the economic practice, internal affairs and international relations. These programs inadvertently helped lead to the end of the cold war and the fall of the Soviet Union. -
end of the Soviet Union
Soviet Union Ended. All countires were now free from control and were independent.
