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U.S. boycott of 1980 Summer Olympics
The US boycott was a plan to boycott the Moscow Olympics if the Soviets did not withdraw from Afganastan within one month. The Soviets did not withdraw so the US did not go to 1984 Olympics. -
“Caribbean Basin Initiative”
It helps the US and other countries improve their economy. It made the countries more dependent upon each other. -
Strategic Defense Initiative
The SDI was a plan to help defend the United States from Soviet missles. It consisted of three parts and some of it was based in space. The SDI was never put into place though. -
Mikhail Gorbachev becomes General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
It shows the beginning of the end for the Soviets. He did many things that the Soviets did not like so the Soviet Union fell apart. -
Iran-Contra Affair
It was a scandle that showed the government was selling wepons to the Iranian people. It showed the US was trying to hurt the Soviet Union. -
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) ratified
It eleminated many short and medium range nuecular missles in the Soviet Union and the United States. It reduced the risk that a nuecular war would start. -
Berlin Wall collapses
It helped unite Germany again. It also reduced the amount of tension in the air in Germany. -
1st McDonalds opens in Moscow
The first McDonalds showed that things in Moscow were getting better. It also showed that even the average citizen can enjoy things more often. -
Germany is reunified
It deminstrates that Germany was changing. It also showed that the results of the Soviet Union were being repaired. -
Warsaw Pact is dissolved
It showed that the Soviet Union was over. Also it showed that there was new order coming. -
Boris Yelstin elected President of Russia
It shows that great change is happening in Russia. It also shows that people are taking bigger roles in their country. -
end of the Soviet Union
The end of the Soviet Union showed the end of a troublsome era. It also helped reassure people that good times were near.
