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Boycott of 1980 olympics
The olympics that were boycotted were the summer olynpics in moscow. it was to protest the soviets invasion of afganastan. -
Strategic Defense Initiative
was proposed by president ronald regan. it was an idea to use ground-based and space-based systems to protect the United States -
Caribbean Basin Initiative
this aimed to provide tariiff and tred benifits to many central american countries. it was only a temporary progrma -
Iran-Contra Affair
it was a political scandal by the united states. it was becuase senior administration officials secretly facilitated the sale of arms to iran -
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) ratified
An agreement between the united states and soviet union. the trety eliminated medium ranged missles -
Mikhail Gorbachev becomes General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
He was the last leader of the soviet union. Also served as head of state. -
the fall of the berlin wall
the fall happened as quickly as the rise. east germen leaders belived that they only needed a moderate change not a large one. therefore the wall bugn to come down in little parts over time. -
first mcdonalds opens in soviet union.
The appearance of this notorious symbol of capitalism and the enthusiastic reception it received from the Russian people were signs that times were changing in the Soviet Union. people lined up in hundreds to spend there hard earned wages on big macs -
Germany is reunified
This is when east germany and west germany joined together to become one germany.the end of the unifacation prosess is known as germen unity -
Warsaw Pact is dissolved
it was because events of the last year had made dissolution of the Warsaw Pact inevitable. it was formed in response to the inclusion of the Federal Republic of Germany in the NATO Alliance -
Boris Yelstin elected President of Russia
Though a Communist Party member for much of his life, he eventually came to believe in both democratic and free market reforms. he served two terms as russian president. -
End of the soviet union
The once-mighty Soviet Union had fallen, largely due to the great number of radical reforms that Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev had implemented during his six years as the leader of the USSR. it was a peacefull end to a long epoch in history
