1987-91

Question 1

INF treaty 1987

Answer 1

Very significant as it reduced the number of missiles that both sides had. All missiles with a range of 500-5500 km eliminated.

Question 2

Collapase of communism in 1989

Answer 2

Gorbachev’s reforms (e.g. withdrawing troops) led to increased desire for more change and communist regimes across E Europe collapsed. Berlin Wall fell in November 1989.

Question 3

Washington summit 1987

Answer 3

Reagan and Gorbachev talked about problems in Afghanistan, Central America, and South Africa, arms control porblems for chemical weapons, the status of START agreements, and human rights.

Question 4

Moscow summit 1988

Answer 4

Reagan and Gorbachev finalized the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) after the U.S. Senate’s ratification of the treaty in May 1988

Question 5

Malta summit 1989

Answer 5

During the summit, Bush and Gorbachev would declare an end to the Cold War although whether it was truly such is a matter of debate

Question 6

Fall of the berlin wall 1989

Answer 6

The wall came down partly because of a bureaucratic accident but it fell amid a wave of revolutions that left the Soviet-led communist bloc teetering on the brink of collapse and helped define a new world order

Question 7

Warsaw pact dissolved 1991

Answer 7

After collapse of communist governments in E Europe, the Warsaw Pact was formally dissolved in 1991.

Question 8

Offical end of the soviet union 1991

Answer 8

After a coup against Gorbachev failed in August, he officially announced the dissolution of the Soviet Union in December.