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Main reason for the fall of the Soviet Union.

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Main reason for the fall of the Soviet Union.

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I believe that unsuccessful reforms was the main reason for the Soviet Union's fall. All of the reforms only cost the Soviet Union. Plus they led to an even bigger distrust of the government for the citizens. Finally it allowed the people power which they took hold of and ran with to try and take over the government.

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34. The one real problem with the Soviet Union's Communism was there was no way to grow the economy.
35. The Soviet government spent lots of money on the military while their citizens had poor conditions with little food.

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32. The "Brezhnev Doctrine" allowed the Soviet Union to use the Red Army to enforce communism.
33. Gorbachev treated the Eastern Bloc countries kindly promising to withdraw troops and tanks.

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31. Perestroika and Glasnost backfired since they allowed the citizens to feel power and small doses of capitalism surrounded by communism only led to mistrust.

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29. Stagnation if the combination of slowing economy and high unemployment rates.
30.Simply put, the Soviet people were not producing any goods at the same time that they were growing increasingly reliant on others.

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The combination of new policies and allowing the people to make their own decisions led to the fall of the Berlin Wall.

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When the wall was up, the United States affected the economy of the Soviet union by making them go bankrupt.

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The demolition of the wall symbolized a unison of the past separated country powers.

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June 13, 1990 was when the was fell.

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The fall of the Berlin wall was sparked by the reform policies of Mikhail Gorbachev.

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He basically says that these policies want to create more rights and make the people more equal but the wall prohibits that.

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Ronald Reagan's main point of this clip is that he will welcome anyone in East Germany and wants the horrible wall torn down.

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He uses words like brutal and harsh to show that he thinks its bad.

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His message is that he extends a welcoming and will treat them like the people in West Berlin.

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He says that they come because it's their duty to speak in this place of freedom.

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Similarities
1.Both were wars fought over government.
2.Both basically involved Russia and the U.S.
3.Both occured in a country that was at war with itself.
Differences
1.The Vietnam war was between the two super powers picking sides.
2.the Afghan war was between Russia and Afghan it self.

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Mikhail Gorbachev ended the war to stop more soldiers from dying and the war was hurting their economy

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The United Stated reacted by pulling out of all the SALT treaty talks and boycotted the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow

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In 1987 Ronald Reagan gave the speech to tear down the wall. About that time they had lost their grip on East Germany. On Nov. 9, 1989, the borders were opened.

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The wall represented an "Iron Curtain" that separated the democratic countries of the west and the communistic countries of the east.

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The Berlin wall was built to prevent the people of East Germany from crossing over into West Berlin.

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I believe the concepts of Glasnost and Perestroika could exist in a communist state because communism is about having everyone equal and that's what these reforms were about.

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The ultimate goal of "Glasnost" was to allow and bestow more right upon the Russian people.

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"Glasnost" was a goal of social and political terms that allowed more people to have a say in the government and allowed journalists to have opinions about the government officials.

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The ultimate goal of "Perestroika" was to create a semi-free market system similar to America and other countries.

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"Perestroika" refers to the reconstruction of political and economic systems.They would hold elections, demonopolize the economy, and allow some small business.

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Problems in Russia included failing economy, a lack of technological advancements, and inefficient factories.

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The Afghan War made the Soviet Union seem that they were no longer invisible.

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The Soviets invaded Afghanistan to support the communist government there and help make them better.

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The Afghan War occurred between December 24, 1979-February 15, 1989.

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The Soviet Union supported the Afghan Government.

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The Afghanistan rebels were called Mujahideen and were supported by America to try and stop the spread of Communism.