1970s-1990s1970s-1990s

The End of the Cold WarThe End of the Cold War

Chinese-Soviet Split

1. Fractures start in 1950s over Stalin

2. Cultural Revolution & “Perfecting Communism” causes rift

3. Border Wars4. China Opens up to

the West

Early 1970s- Nixon

1. Détente- Easing/Thawing of Cold War

2. Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I)

3. Watergate

Late 1970s: Carter

1. Human Rights2. Camp David

Accords- Israel & Egypt

3. Panama Canal4. SALT II5. Iranian Revolution6. Hostage Crisis7. Energy Problems

Afghanistan

1. Soviet Involvement

2. 1979 Invasion

3. Mujahideen

4. US Support

5. Soviet “Vietnam” Loss in 1989

6. Afghan Civil War

1980s Reagan

1. More Aggressive

2. Containment

3. Grenada

4. Military Build-Up

5. Star Wars

6. Involvement throughout World

1980s Soviet Weaknesses

1. 3 Premiers in three years

2. Corruption3. Stagnated

Economy4. High Spending on

Defense5. Few Consumer

Goods6. Drop in Oil Prices

End of the Cold War

1. Mikhail Gorbachev

2. Glasnost & Perestroika

3. Weakening of USSR

4. Disintegration of USSR

5. Problems

6. From Yeltsin to Putin

Germany

1. East & West Germany

2. Berlin Wall & Iron Curtain

3. Fall of the Wall 1989

4. No Soviet Response

5. Reunification 1990

Eastern Europe

1. Fall of Communism

2. Poland- Solidarity

3. Revolts- Peaceful and Violent

4. Problems