The End of the Cold War
Category: Otro
Actualizado: 8 ene 2020
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Created byRiley Howington
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Willy Brandt flies to
poland, signs a treaty of reconciliation, as part of his Ostpolitiksuperpowers agree to limit nuclear proliferation and testing, US-USSR joint space missionFinal Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe was signed, Helsinki accords solidify detenteVaclav Havel signs Charter 77, calling for communist leaders to respect civil and political liberties as well as basic human rightsAfter a long period of economic stagnation, Polands working class rises upThe first oil shock sends the economy spiraling and everyone but the government becomes fed up and restlessCardinal Karol Wojtyla becomes Pope John Paul II , electrifying the polish nationStrikes break out in Poland , fighting for the right to form trade unions and other reformsGdansk Agreement is signed, first working class revolt victoryA confrontation forces Walesa to settle for minor concessions, and leads to the SOlidarity losing its cohesivnessWojciech Jarulzelski declares martial law and arrests Solidarites leadersSoviets invade Afghanistan in an attempt sto save the marxist regime, people wante NATO to stop the expansionRonald Reagan was voted into office, due to a western shift towards conservative partiesMikhail Gorbachev is elected due to his predecessors failures and worsening economy. Gorbachev focused on reform in government, society and economy (perestroika)Widespread consumer dissatisfaction threatens GorbachevUsing glasnost, the soviet government issued daily reports on the accident at chernobylfirst free election in the soviet union since 1917, leading to a minority of critical independents being elected and revitalizing congressGorbachev withdraws troops from AfghanistanTadeusz Mazowiecki is sworn in as Poland's noncommunist pmJanos Kadar is replaced, but that doesnt prevent opposition groups from rising upHungary has its first free elections , and then open their border to fleeing east germansBerlin Wall falls, new reformist government schedules free electionsVelvet REvolution in Czechoslovakia leads to communism being softly overthrownNicolae Ceausescu kills 750 people in an attempt to quell unrest, leading to him and his wife being captured and executed by a military cultEast German reform communists take power and argue for a third way, almost like the new liberalsHelmut Kohl presents a ten point unification plan in cooperation with east germany and the international community, and promised an massive economic boost to the eaastthe alliance wins 50% of the popular votes in the east geramny election, egotiating economic and political unionIn an agreement btwn gorbachaja;wfj and Kohl, Kohl affirms germany's peaceful intentions and pledges to never make nuclear weapns and also loanseast and west germany merge into germanyGeorge HW Bush cancels the around the clock alert status for american bombers, and Gorbachev does the samePeríodos
The Breznhev YearsThe Gorbachev YearsA Move towards a detente began in the 70s and continued onVelvet Revolution leads to the collapse of the east bloc
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