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The Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was a barrier that divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989,[1] constructed by the German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany) starting on 13 August 1961, that completely cut off (by land) West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin until it was opened in November 1989. -
U.S. boycott of 1980 Summer Olympics
The U.S refused to attend the moscow olympics in attempt to pr0otest the USSR -
Strategic Defense Initiative
A program enforced by Regan to develop a defencife ballistic missile -
Caribbean Basin Initiative
The Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI) was a unilateral and temporary United States program initiated by the 1983 Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA). -
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) ratified
The Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the removal of Their Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles. -
Iran-Contra Affair
An Arms embargo in the U.S in effort to free several U.S hostages. -
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, (born 2 March 1931) is a former Soviet statesman. He was the eighth and last leader of the Soviet Union, having served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991 when the party was dissolved. -
First McDonald’s opens in Soviet Union
The Soviet Union’s first McDonald’s fast food restaurant opens in Moscow. Throngs of people line up to pay the equivalent of several days’ wages for Big Macs, shakes, and french fries. -
The German reunification
The German reunification (German: Deutsche Wiedervereinigung) was the process in 1990 in which the German Democratic Republic (GDR/East Germany) joined the Federal Republic of Germany -
Boris Yelstin elected President of Russia
He vowed to make Russia a free market economy -
end of the Soviet Union
The Soviet Union finally fell after years of trying to stay alive. -
Warsaw Pact is dissolved
It was used to kep peace in europe but it was remved after the war
