week 10 Flashcards
which president first used the campaign slogan “make america great again”
Reagan 1981-89
program started by reagan in what year to protect the US from USSR
The Strategic Defense Initiative was started by Reagan in 1983
in reagan’s anti-soviet speech, what did he refer to the soviet union as?
“evil empire”
in what year did a Soviet interceptor jet down a South Korean passenger plane, killing hundreds
1983
what was the name and the date of the NATO military exercise to simulate a first strike against the Soviet Union that occurred under Reagan
1983, “Able Archer”
Young girl named _____ wrote a letter to ______ asking him not to start a war, she was invited by the soviets to the USSR, she went to visit the USSR
Samatha Smith, Andropov
General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Known for being very hard on the US; supporting Gorbachev early in his career.
Andropov 1982-84
General Secretary of the CPSU, Reforms aimed at restructuring the Soviet Union
Gorbachev 1985-91
General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Lead during the height of the Cold War; maintained policies of détente but also contributed to Soviet stagnation.
Brezhnev 1964-1982
Movies abt US-Russian relations
Red Dawn (1984)
Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
Solo Voyage (1985)
Cancer researcher defected from the US to the USSR because he was left-leaning
Arnold Lokshin
first meeting between reagan and gorbachev
Geneva summit 1985
important treaty signed by gorbachev and reagan
Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces treaty (INF treaty) in 1987
which soviet figure was names time magazine’s man of the year and in what year?
Gorbachev was named Time Magazine’s 1987 Man of the Year
important year in this period
1989 was a very intense year, lots of changes, the Berlin Wall fell, lots of Eastern European countries went through revolutions, going from pro-soviet and pro-communist to democratic, during the whole year of 1989, Bush did not want to meet with Gorbachev, which was odd bc there was so much happening that year
Where and when did Bush finally met with Gorbachev
Malta Summit 1989
treaty signed by Bush and Gorbachev
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) in 1991
Position: De facto leader of Russia during the final days of the USSR
Notable for: Establishing governing bodies within Russia separate from the USSR, taking control from Gorbachev.
yeltsin 1991-1999
us president after reagan
George H. W. Bush 1989-93
speech by Bush in 1991 discouraged soviet areas like Ukraine from revolution and from seeking independence
“Chicken Kiev” speech
Fall of the Soviet Union
Timeline: August 1991 - December 1991
Events: Soviet republics declared independence, leading to the dissolution of the USSR.
Official End: Gorbachev announced the end of the Soviet Union and his resignation in late 1991.
us president order
jfk 61-63
johnson 63-39
nixon 69-74
ford 74-77
carter 77-81
reagan 81-89
h w bush 89-93
work blaming the us for the cold war
The cold war and its origins by Dj Fleming
work blaming the bolsheviks for the cold war
La guerre froide by andre fontaine
