Collapse Communist Governments in Europe
In Poland
Poland: Solidarity -- The Trade Union that Changed the World -- Click Here
1. Describe the protest at the Lenin Shipyard.
2. What did Lech Walesa help to achieve in a communist government that no other had?
3. What is the group Solidarity?
4. British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher visits Poland's leader Jaruzelski in November 1988. What did Margaret Thatcher help to achieve for the group Solidarity and for the people of Poland by June 1989?
1. Describe the protest at the Lenin Shipyard.
2. What did Lech Walesa help to achieve in a communist government that no other had?
3. What is the group Solidarity?
4. British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher visits Poland's leader Jaruzelski in November 1988. What did Margaret Thatcher help to achieve for the group Solidarity and for the people of Poland by June 1989?
In Hungary
2 May: Hungary dismantles border -- Click Here
1. Knowing what you have learned about the cold war and communism, why do you think East Germany, Romania, and Czechoslovakia were upset about the hold in the fence?
2. Explain what Hungary did to the iron curtain.
1. Knowing what you have learned about the cold war and communism, why do you think East Germany, Romania, and Czechoslovakia were upset about the hold in the fence?
2. Explain what Hungary did to the iron curtain.
In East Germany
1989 -- The Collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe -- Click Here
1. Explain what a lot of citizens in East Germany did when Hungary cut a hole in their fence.
2. Explain what the citizens of East Germany did when Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev visited them.
3. What happened on November 9, 1989?
1. Explain what a lot of citizens in East Germany did when Hungary cut a hole in their fence.
2. Explain what the citizens of East Germany did when Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev visited them.
3. What happened on November 9, 1989?
Berlin Wall Comes Down! November 1989
Berlin Wall: How the Wall came down, as it happened 25 years ago -- Click Here
Reagan Demands Fall of Berlin Wall -- Click Here
1. Explain what the tearing down of the Berlin Wall symbolizes.
Reagan Demands Fall of Berlin Wall -- Click Here
1. Explain what the tearing down of the Berlin Wall symbolizes.
Germany is Reunited
German Reunification -- 20 years later -- Click Here
1. Explain how the two countries, East Germany and West Germany, reunited into one country, Germany.
2. What style of government is Germany after the reunification?
3. How do the people of West Germany feel about the reunification of Germany?
1. Explain how the two countries, East Germany and West Germany, reunited into one country, Germany.
2. What style of government is Germany after the reunification?
3. How do the people of West Germany feel about the reunification of Germany?
Collapse of the Soviet Union
The Cold War for Kids: Collapse of the Soviet Union -- Click Here
1. Revisit your definitions of Glasnost and Perestroika. Create a Venn Diagram in your ISNs.
2. Why did the attempted government take over fail in August 1991?
3. How many countries did the collapse of the Soviet Union produce?
4. When did the Soviet Union collapse?
3. How many countries did the collapse of the Soviet Union produce?
4. When did the Soviet Union collapse?
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Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev Mini-Biography
Born: March 2, 1931 (age 84)
Leader of the Soviet Union from 1982 to 1991
He started to move away from a totalitarian government
He came up with the social and economic reforms= Perestroika and Glasnost
Worked with United States President Ronald Reagan which symbolized the decline in tensions of the Cold War
Listen to a speech given by Gorbachev in Russian -- Click Here
Born: March 2, 1931 (age 84)
Leader of the Soviet Union from 1982 to 1991
He started to move away from a totalitarian government
He came up with the social and economic reforms= Perestroika and Glasnost
Worked with United States President Ronald Reagan which symbolized the decline in tensions of the Cold War
Listen to a speech given by Gorbachev in Russian -- Click Here
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan Mini-Biography
Born: February 6, 1911 Died: June 5, 2004
40th President of the United States of America in 1981 to 1989
Moved to Hollywood in 1937 to become an actor
Born: February 6, 1911 Died: June 5, 2004
40th President of the United States of America in 1981 to 1989
Moved to Hollywood in 1937 to become an actor
Complete the Dash notes in your ISNs:
________________________ and __________________ began________________________________symbolizing____________________
In 1983 ______________________________________________
Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)=_____________________________________________________________________________________
In 1985 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
In 1987 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Democratization ___________________________________________________________________________________________________
Granting of freedom to those within Soviet Union led to various nationalist groups to call for independence which led to ethnic tensions
In March 1990, ______________________________________________________________
Gorbachev ordered ___________________________________________________________but _________________________________
________________________ and __________________ began________________________________symbolizing____________________
In 1983 ______________________________________________
Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)=_____________________________________________________________________________________
In 1985 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
In 1987 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Democratization ___________________________________________________________________________________________________
Granting of freedom to those within Soviet Union led to various nationalist groups to call for independence which led to ethnic tensions
In March 1990, ______________________________________________________________
Gorbachev ordered ___________________________________________________________but _________________________________