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U.S. boycott of 1980 Summer Olympics
U.S. boycott of 1980 Summer Olympics was of the Moscow Olympics. The US initiated a boycott to protect against the Soviet Union invasion in Afghanistan. -
Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) (“Star Wars”)
President Ronald Reagan proposed the development of technology to intercept enemy nuclear missiles. He wanted to use ground based and spaced based systems to protect the US, but we were not advanced enough for that type of technology. -
“Caribbean Basin Initiative”
CBI is suppose to make the economic development and export diversification of the Caribbean Basin economies easier. CBI tried to provide numerous tariff and trade benefits to Central American and Caribbean countries. -
Mikhail Gorbachev becomes General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Mikhail Gorbachev was the seventh leader of the Soviet Union. He served as the General Secretary from 1985-1991. Gorbachev's policies of glasnost "openness" and perestroika "restructuring" as well as summit conferences with United States President and his reassembling of Soviet strategic aims contributed to the end of the Cold War. -
Iran-Contra Affair
This was a political scandal in the US. During the Reagan administration, and the senior administration officials secretly facilitated the sale of arms to Iran. U.S. officials wanted the arms sales to protect the let go of hostages and allow US intelligence agencies to fund the Nicaraguan Contras. -
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) ratified
Agreement between the US and Soviet Union signed in Washington by President Reagon and the Genral Secretary Gorbachev. The treaty eliminated nuclear and conventional ground-launched ballistic and cruise missiles with certain ranges. -
Berlin Wall Colllapses
The wall was a barrier constructed by GDR (German Democratic Republic). The wall started in August of 1961. It completely cut off land from West Berlin to East Germany, -
1st McDonalds opens in Moscow
Many people were excited when the McDonals's opened. Huge amounts of people were lining up to enjoy food. Many people were glad to see a capitalism symbol in their country, and most just wanted a bite to eat because their economy was not the best. -
German Reunification
This was the which the German Democratic Republic joined the Federal Republic of Germany to form the reunited nation of Germany. The end result of unification is known as German unity. -
Warsaw Pact is dissolved
This was a collective defense treaty among eight communist States of Central and Eastern Europe. It was established under the intiative of the Soviet Union, but it was an agreement to dissolved 36-year-old military alliance by March 31. The treaty lost support, so it dissolved. -
Boris Yelstin elected President of Russia
He was a supporter of Gorbachev. He was the elceted chairman of the Russian Supreme Court. He was eleced by the popular vote by the created post of SFSR. -
end of the Soviet Union
The Soviet Union seperated into 15 different countries. The collapse was hailed by the west for the victory of freedom, and triumph. The US rejoiced when the Soviet Union fell.
