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U9 U5 The End Of The Cold War Flashcards

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What is autonomy?

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being self-governing

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What is purge?

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rid political party of undesriable members

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Who was the 7th and last ruler of the Soviet Union?

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Mikhail Gorbachev

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During Stalin’s time, who had the purges targeted?

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anyone in Communist party who challenged Stalin’s power

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How was Gorbachev’s way of assessing conditions in the SU different to his predecessors?

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  • acknowledge SU behind US
  • economy in trouble
  • favored reform
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To improve SU conditions, what was the policy of political reform Gorbachev allowed?

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Glasnost (openess)

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What were Gorbachev’s series of economic reforms called?

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perestroika (restructuring)

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Which president did Gorbachev meet several times with? What agreement did they sign?

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  • Ronald Reagan

- eliminate types of Sov and Ame missiles in Euro

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Gorbachev allowed the people a choice of () in elections for a restructured Soviet govt

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candidates

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Did all candidates come from the Communist party?

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yes

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11
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Gorbachev withdrew Soviet troops from which country?

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Afghanistan

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Did the US initially respond cautiously to Gorbachev?

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yes

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Despite there being Communists who opposed Gorbachev’s reforms, did the reforms still prevail?

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yes

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Where did the first Eastern Euro revolutions occur?

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Poland

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What was the result of the protests in Poland against Communist rule?

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  • Solidarity legalized
  • participate in parliamentary elections
  • Lech Walesa president
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Which country split into five nations after the fall of Communism? Which was the most aggressive when civil war broke out?

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Yugoslavia

-Serbs of Bosnia-Herzegovina

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17
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Did Albanians flee from their country for better economic conditions?

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yes

18
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How did the rev in Hungary begin?

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releasing leaders of 1956 revolt against Communists

19
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What kind of democracy did Hungary become?

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multi-party democracy

20
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Which border did Hungary open that east Germans took as opportunity to gain freedom in the west?

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Austria

21
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When did East Germany open its border with the West, and when did it become one nation?

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  • 1989

- 1990

22
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In Czechoslovakia, what was the peaceful end of Communist rule known as?

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Velvet Revolution

23
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How did Czechoslovakia’s end of Communist rule begin?

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resignation of Communist Leadership

24
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In Czechoslovakia, who led the transitional govt?

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  • Alexander Dubcek

- Vaclav Havel

25
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In 1993, Czechoslovakia split into what two nations?

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  • Czech republic

- Slovakia

26
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Who was the Romanian Communist dictator who was executed in 1989?

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Nicolae Ceausescu (SEE-AW-SES-KU)

27
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Communist dictator of Bulgaria was forced to do what?

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resign and imprisoned for corruption

28
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How many republics/provinces/states did the SU consist of?

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15

29
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The Russian Republic govt was led by who?

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Boris Yeltsin

30
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Yeltsin was thrown out of what in 1987 for advocating radical economic reform?

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Soviet Politburo

31
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Who were the anti-reform Communists led by?

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Gorbachev’s vice president

32
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Who called on people to oppose the coup by the anti-reform Communists?

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Boris Yeltsin

33
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In November, What Party did Yeltsin ban?

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Communist Party

34
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The Russian Republics decided they did not want a new central govt, and instead formed what?

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loose confederation

35
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What took place of the SU when it was dissolved? What did it comprise of?

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  • Commonwealth of Independent States

- 11 of 15 SU republics

36
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Reforms in the Commonwealth countries were hampered by what?

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  • rising crime
  • unemployment
  • lack of knowledge run private buisness
37
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What remains the most powerful of the former Soviet republics?

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Russia

38
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In the late 1990s, who was first Yeltsin’s PM of Russ, and then the president of Russia?

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Vladimir Putin

39
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Who won the Cold War?

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US

40
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Was the American economy able to survive the Cold War?

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yes

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