Gorbachev's New Thinking Flashcards
What were the two new ideologies Gorbachev put in
Glasnost and Perestroika
What was Perestroika
It was a proposal that the Soviet State and economy should be reformed to include some of the practices that made capitalism succesful
What was Glasnost
It was the belief that there should be more openness and less corruption in goverment.People were allowed to oppose the goverment and it gave people a clearer understanding of how the country was run
What doctrine would now be dropped in Gorbachev’s new Soviet Union
The Brezhnev Doctrine
What country did Gorbachev withdraw from
Afghanistan
What did the Bhrezhnev Doctrine being dropped mean for the satellite states
They were now free to choose how they want to be governed without fear of being invaded such as in Hungary and Czechoslovakia
What happened after these reforms from Gorbachev
They backfired and in him giving the satellite states freedom they all left the Warsaw Pact one by one
Why did Gorbachev need new thinking
The Soviet economy had been crippled especially during the Brezhnev era on trying to keep up with the USA
The poor economy led to poor standards of living in the satellite states and in the soviet union and it was leading to unrest.Solidaritry in Poland was a major cometitor to the communist regime,so much so it was banned
How did relations improve after gorbachev’s new thinking
Reagan in seeing that the cold war could come to an end decided to work with Gorbachev,evidenced by the multiple summit meetings they had in 1985,86 and 87
What happened at the 1985 Geneva Summit
No formal agreements made however both were prepared to change
When was the geneva summit meeting
1985
When was the Reykjavik Meeting and what happened
It was in 1986 and Gorbachev rejected Reagans idea of scrapping all ballistic missiles until Reagan dropped SDI,He refused
When was the Washington meeting and what happened
It was in 1987 and The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Force Treaty was signed
What was the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Force treaty
Treaty commited to both sides getting rid of all medium range missiles from europe within three years,The first treaty to reduce the number of nuclear weapons
