Historical Context
Communism
True or False: was Mikhail Gorbachev a U.S. President
FALSE
True or False: The internet existed before the Cold war?
FALSE
What represented the fall of the Soviet Union?
The fall/breaking of the Berlin Wall
what was the iron curtain?
a post-WWII ideological, political, and physical boundary (1945–1991) dividing Europe into two separate areas
Who was President During the creation of the Berlin Wall?
John F. Kennedy.
What Year was the World Wide Web Created?
1989
What Soviet involved war strained the USSR economy and military morale?
The Soviet-Afghan War.
What 2 main powers was the geopolitical, ideological, and economic tension between?
U.S. and USSR (Soviet Union)
George H.W. Bush
The end of the Cold War sparked a rise in which of these political ideologies in the U.S: Communism, Socialism, or Consumerism?
Consumerism
When was the Reunification of Germany?
1990 following the fall of the Berlin Wall.
What was the main U.S. reason for joining the Cold war.
To contain the global spread of communism
Who was the President of Russia after the Cold war?
Boris Yeltsin
What is the digital revolution often referred to as?
The dot com boom.
In August 1991, hardliners attempted to remove Gorbachev, this event was know as what?
Boris Yeltsin and the Failed Coup.
between 1945 and 1947
Who said this quote: “Here's my strategy on the Cold War – we win, they lose.”
Ronald Reagan
Name 2 popular movies that were created during the Cold war.
Top Gun, The Day After, Rocky IV, Red Dawn, The Hunt for Red October, The Falcon and The Snowman, Spies Like Us, Firefox, and Wargames.
What was the exact date of the dissolution of the Soviet Union?
December 25, 1991