People
This Soviet Leader’s reforms helped spark revolutions across Eastern Europe.
Mikhail Gorbachev
Free Elections and Political Freedom with Equal Representation
Democracy
This event symbolized the collapse of communism in Germany.
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
This policy of “openness” allowed more criticism of the government.
Glasnost
This former country broke apart into multiple states, leading to wars in the 1990s.
Yugoslavia
This Russian leader commonly seen on a horse and shirtless, rose to power in 2000, and reasserted central authority and limited democratic reforms.
Vladimir Putin
This ideology declined rapidly after 1989 in Eastern Europe.
Communism
This country’s Solidarity movement led to the first non-communist government.
Poland
This policy aimed to restructure the Soviet economy and government, ultimately weakening central control and helping trigger the revolutions of 1989.
Perestroika
This term describes the forced removal of ethnic groups.
Ethnic Cleansing
This Polish labor leader headed the Solidarity movement and became president of Poland.
Lech Walesa
Free market, private ownership, competition. Adopted across Eastern Europe after 1989
Capitalism
Country where the Velvet Revolution was located
Czechoslovakia
The expansion and intervention of this global organization was an important piece of this time period.
NATO
44 Month Long Siege against Bosnia by Serbia killing over 11,000 people
Siege of Sarajevo
This Czech playwright became president after the peaceful Velvet Revolution.
Vaclav Havel
This movement caused tensions and wars in the Balkans during the 1990s and regained popularity through protests during this time.
Nationalism
The term describing the wave of Revolutions against communism in 1989
Autumn of Nations
Reformed border controls for free movement of people, uniting 29 countries
Schengen Agreement
Agreement Ending Bosnian War
Dayton Agreement
President of Serbia and later Yugoslavia during the 1990s. Helped lead Serbia during Yugoslavia Wars.
Slobodan Milosevic
Increased global trade, communication, and cultural exchange
Globalization
This country removed parts of the Iron Curtain border, allowing for East Germans to flee West through this country.
Hungary
This treaty created the European Union (EU). Set rules for economic, political, and social integration
Maastricht Treaty
Bosnian Forces causing the worst massacre since WWII in what was supposed to be a "UN Safe Zone"
Srebrenica Massacre