Soviet Changes
This Soviet leader introduced glasnost and perestroika
Mikhail Gorbachev
This president challenged the USSR with the phrase "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"
Ronald Reagan
This wall dividing East and West Berlin fell in 1989
the fall of the Berlin Wall
The main US goal of stopping the spread of communism was called this
containment
After the Cold War ended, the US became this type of global power
a superpower
Glasnost allowed more of this in Soviet society
openness/freedom of speech
This president was in office when the Soviet Union collapsed
George H. W. Bush
This military alliance included the United States and Western Europe
NATO
This agreement between Reagan and Gorbachev reduced nuclear weapons
the INF Treaty
The end of the Cold War led to reduced fear of this type of war
nuclear war
Perestroika was an attempt to reform this part of the soviet union
the economy
Reagan increased military spending as part of this strategy against communism
containment or the arms buildup
This communist nation was the center of the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989
China
Th competition between the US and USSR to build weapons was called this
arms race
Many Eastern European nations shifted toward this economic system after communism ended
capitalism or a market economy
The society union officially dissolved in this year
1991
Reagan's proposed missile defense system was nicknamed this
"Star Wars" or the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)
This event symbolized the end of communist control in Eastern Europe
the fall of the Berlin Wall
This policy involved easing tensions between the US and USSR in the 1970s
détente
This country split into multiple independent nations after 1991
This policy reduced censorship and encouraged political discussion in the USSR
glasnost
This doctrine under Reagan supported anti-communist movements around the world
the Reagan Doctrine
This long conflict between the US and USSR lasted from about 1945-1991
the Cold War
This war in Afghanistan weakened the Soviet Union during the 1980s
Soviet-Afghan War
One major effect of the Cold War's end was increased focus on conflicts in this region during the 1990s
Middle East