The Cold War Ends

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The Cold War Ends
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A. Opening of the USSR

• Mikhail Gorbachev
• Glasnost
• Perestroika
• Chernobyl

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B. Eastern Europe Crumbles

• USSR pulls back
• Reform across Eastern Europe
• Berlin Wall November 9, 1989

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D. End of the USSR

• Boris Yeltsin
• 1990 Soviet Republics began declaring
  independence
• 1991 Yeltsin and Bush meet

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E. Bush the Economy

• Uneven economic growth
• Rising Deficit Deregulation
• SL Crisis causes Bush to raise taxes