COLLAPSE OF COLD WAR Flashcards
what happens at the end of the fall of the satellite states 1989
- november 1989 - velvet revolution, czechoslovakia
- december 1989 - malta summit
- december 1989 - uprising against communist dictator in romania
- january 1990 - ussr the only remaining communist of the estern bloc
list the events of the fall of the berlin wall
- anger growing towards east german government - lack of freedom & restrictions
- 1987 - pressure from usa to get rid of berlin wall
- 1988 - conert in east berlin 300,000 attendees
- august 1989 - after hungary opens border with austria, east german government tries to prevent people from going
- september 1989 - protests begin in liepzig, october - protests grow to 70000 people weekly (encouraged protests in berlin and east german cities)
- november 1989 - egone krenz discusses how to stop the people leaving via hungary. agree to open border on 10th november 9am
- 9th november - gunter schabowski held a press conference, made the mistake of opening the border too early
- many flocked to the crossings
- harald jager (crossing guard) decides to open gates
what happens at the middle of the fall of the satellite states 1989
- august 1989 - 1st non communist pm in poland since 1946
- september 1989 - hungary opens border with austria
- october 1989 - czechoslovakian and polish governments allow east germans to enter west embassies
- october 1989 - east german leader replaced
- 9th november 1989 - berlin wall comes down
what happens at the beginning of the fall of the satellite states 1989
- december 1988 - ideology should play less important part in soviet foreign policy
- march 1989 - sinatra doctrine
- april 1989 - troops leave hungary
- june 1989 - free elections in poland
list gorbachev’s summits and its outcomes
- november 1985 geneva - gorbachev and reagan meet for the first time
- october 1986 reykjavik - couldnt agree to give up sdi
- december 1987 washington - signed the inf treaty (first time actually destroy weapons)
- 1988 moscow - inf details resolved , reduction of warsaw troops, soviet forces leave afghanistan
1989 malta - gorbachev and bush, marking end of the cold war
1990 paris - cfe agreement signed, limits the non nuclear forces that warsaw pact and nato could have in europe
1991 moscow - start 1 signed (nuclear weapons reduced by a third)
why was sinatra doctrine necessary and what dangers were posed
necessary
- cost of arms in satellite states - contradicts glasnost
dangers
- loss of control
why was glasnost necessary and what dangers were posed
necessary
- people should not need to fear the state
- propaganda in the west
dangers
- reforms could lead to criticism of communism and government
- commuism could be overthrown, west could take over
why was perestroika necessary and what dangers were posed
necessary
- cold war draining the economy
- low standard of living was striking unrest
dangers
- economy worsened - not well executed /planned
- economy had been bad for 40yrs on tipping point
what was the sinatra doctrine
freedom od choice for ussr states to make their own decions - cancels brezhnev doctrine
list the opinions of gorbachev in the west and east
west
- nobel peace prize
- chamred us citizens
east
- giving away empire (not recieving anything back)
- went out to talk to the people 1985 - friendly and approachable
what did glasnost and perestroika mean
glasnost - openness, freedom of speech, greater democracy
perestroika - restructuring, reform of economy