https://padlet.com/brandonmckinney/h7lhpb1wkqki The 4 events that led to the end of the Cold War en-us 2017-03-17 11:30:41 UTC 2017-03-23 11:37:56 UTC hello@padlet.com brandonmckinney https://padlet.com/brandonmckinney/h7lhpb1wkqki/wish/160757934 The Afghanistan rebels were called Mujahideen and were supported by America to try and stop the spread of Communism.]]> 2017-03-17 11:40:39 UTC https://padlet.com/brandonmckinney/h7lhpb1wkqki/wish/160757934 brandonmckinney https://padlet.com/brandonmckinney/h7lhpb1wkqki/wish/160758425 The Soviet Union supported the Afghan Government.]]> 2017-03-17 11:43:09 UTC https://padlet.com/brandonmckinney/h7lhpb1wkqki/wish/160758425 brandonmckinney https://padlet.com/brandonmckinney/h7lhpb1wkqki/wish/160758812 The Afghan War occurred between December 24, 1979-February 15, 1989.  ]]> 2017-03-17 11:45:04 UTC https://padlet.com/brandonmckinney/h7lhpb1wkqki/wish/160758812 brandonmckinney https://padlet.com/brandonmckinney/h7lhpb1wkqki/wish/160759262 The Soviets invaded Afghanistan to support the communist government there and help make them better.]]> 2017-03-17 11:47:07 UTC https://padlet.com/brandonmckinney/h7lhpb1wkqki/wish/160759262 brandonmckinney https://padlet.com/brandonmckinney/h7lhpb1wkqki/wish/160761371 The Afghan War made the Soviet Union seem that they were no longer invisible. ]]> 2017-03-17 11:56:30 UTC https://padlet.com/brandonmckinney/h7lhpb1wkqki/wish/160761371 brandonmckinney https://padlet.com/brandonmckinney/h7lhpb1wkqki/wish/161126032 Problems in Russia included failing economy, a lack of technological advancements, and inefficient factories.]]> 2017-03-20 11:30:12 UTC https://padlet.com/brandonmckinney/h7lhpb1wkqki/wish/161126032 brandonmckinney https://padlet.com/brandonmckinney/h7lhpb1wkqki/wish/161126462 "Perestroika" refers to the reconstruction of political and economic systems.They would hold elections, demonopolize the economy, and allow some small business. ]]> 2017-03-20 11:32:50 UTC https://padlet.com/brandonmckinney/h7lhpb1wkqki/wish/161126462 brandonmckinney https://padlet.com/brandonmckinney/h7lhpb1wkqki/wish/161127170 The ultimate goal of "Perestroika" was to create a semi-free market system similar to America and other countries.]]> 2017-03-20 11:36:34 UTC https://padlet.com/brandonmckinney/h7lhpb1wkqki/wish/161127170 brandonmckinney https://padlet.com/brandonmckinney/h7lhpb1wkqki/wish/161127662 "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.]]> 2017-03-20 11:38:58 UTC https://padlet.com/brandonmckinney/h7lhpb1wkqki/wish/161127662 brandonmckinney https://padlet.com/brandonmckinney/h7lhpb1wkqki/wish/161128475 The ultimate goal of "Glasnost" was to allow and bestow more right upon the Russian people.]]> 2017-03-20 11:42:40 UTC https://padlet.com/brandonmckinney/h7lhpb1wkqki/wish/161128475 brandonmckinney https://padlet.com/brandonmckinney/h7lhpb1wkqki/wish/161128734 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.]]> 2017-03-20 11:43:42 UTC https://padlet.com/brandonmckinney/h7lhpb1wkqki/wish/161128734 brandonmckinney https://padlet.com/brandonmckinney/h7lhpb1wkqki/wish/161130850 The Berlin wall was built to prevent the people of East Germany from crossing over into West Berlin.]]> 2017-03-20 11:52:05 UTC https://padlet.com/brandonmckinney/h7lhpb1wkqki/wish/161130850 brandonmckinney https://padlet.com/brandonmckinney/h7lhpb1wkqki/wish/161131040 The wall represented an "Iron Curtain" that separated the democratic countries of the west and the communistic countries of the east. ]]> 2017-03-20 11:52:52 UTC https://padlet.com/brandonmckinney/h7lhpb1wkqki/wish/161131040 brandonmckinney https://padlet.com/brandonmckinney/h7lhpb1wkqki/wish/161131487 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.]]> 2017-03-20 11:54:31 UTC https://padlet.com/brandonmckinney/h7lhpb1wkqki/wish/161131487 brandonmckinney https://padlet.com/brandonmckinney/h7lhpb1wkqki/wish/161335143 The United Stated reacted by pulling out of all the SALT treaty talks and boycotted the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow]]> 2017-03-20 21:17:07 UTC https://padlet.com/brandonmckinney/h7lhpb1wkqki/wish/161335143 brandonmckinney https://padlet.com/brandonmckinney/h7lhpb1wkqki/wish/161335444 Mikhail Gorbachev ended the war to stop more soldiers from dying and the war was hurting their economy]]> 2017-03-20 21:19:02 UTC https://padlet.com/brandonmckinney/h7lhpb1wkqki/wish/161335444 brandonmckinney https://padlet.com/brandonmckinney/h7lhpb1wkqki/wish/161335747 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. ]]> 2017-03-20 21:20:48 UTC https://padlet.com/brandonmckinney/h7lhpb1wkqki/wish/161335747 brandonmckinney https://padlet.com/brandonmckinney/h7lhpb1wkqki/wish/161350185 He says that they come because it's their duty to speak in this place of freedom.]]> 2017-03-20 23:19:19 UTC https://padlet.com/brandonmckinney/h7lhpb1wkqki/wish/161350185 brandonmckinney https://padlet.com/brandonmckinney/h7lhpb1wkqki/wish/161350568 His message is that he extends a welcoming and will treat them like the people in West Berlin.]]> 2017-03-20 23:22:18 UTC https://padlet.com/brandonmckinney/h7lhpb1wkqki/wish/161350568 brandonmckinney https://padlet.com/brandonmckinney/h7lhpb1wkqki/wish/161350937 He uses words like brutal and harsh to show that he thinks its bad.]]> 2017-03-20 23:25:13 UTC https://padlet.com/brandonmckinney/h7lhpb1wkqki/wish/161350937 brandonmckinney https://padlet.com/brandonmckinney/h7lhpb1wkqki/wish/161351206 Ronald Reagan's main point of this clip is that he will welcome anyone in East Germany and wants the horrible wall torn down.]]> 2017-03-20 23:27:09 UTC https://padlet.com/brandonmckinney/h7lhpb1wkqki/wish/161351206 brandonmckinney https://padlet.com/brandonmckinney/h7lhpb1wkqki/wish/161351311 He basically says that these policies want to create more rights and make the people more equal but the wall prohibits that.]]> 2017-03-20 23:28:05 UTC https://padlet.com/brandonmckinney/h7lhpb1wkqki/wish/161351311 brandonmckinney https://padlet.com/brandonmckinney/h7lhpb1wkqki/wish/161353312 The fall of the Berlin wall was sparked by the reform policies of Mikhail Gorbachev. ]]> 2017-03-20 23:53:40 UTC https://padlet.com/brandonmckinney/h7lhpb1wkqki/wish/161353312 brandonmckinney https://padlet.com/brandonmckinney/h7lhpb1wkqki/wish/161353493 June 13, 1990 was when the was fell.]]> 2017-03-20 23:55:39 UTC https://padlet.com/brandonmckinney/h7lhpb1wkqki/wish/161353493 brandonmckinney https://padlet.com/brandonmckinney/h7lhpb1wkqki/wish/161353528 2017-03-20 23:56:09 UTC https://padlet.com/brandonmckinney/h7lhpb1wkqki/wish/161353528 brandonmckinney https://padlet.com/brandonmckinney/h7lhpb1wkqki/wish/161353617 The demolition of the wall symbolized a unison of the past separated country powers.]]> 2017-03-20 23:57:01 UTC https://padlet.com/brandonmckinney/h7lhpb1wkqki/wish/161353617 brandonmckinney https://padlet.com/brandonmckinney/h7lhpb1wkqki/wish/161353776 When the wall was up, the United States affected the economy of the Soviet union by making them go bankrupt.]]> 2017-03-20 23:59:40 UTC https://padlet.com/brandonmckinney/h7lhpb1wkqki/wish/161353776 brandonmckinney https://padlet.com/brandonmckinney/h7lhpb1wkqki/wish/161354019 The combination of new policies and allowing the people to make their own decisions led to the fall of the Berlin Wall.]]> 2017-03-21 00:03:35 UTC https://padlet.com/brandonmckinney/h7lhpb1wkqki/wish/161354019 brandonmckinney https://padlet.com/brandonmckinney/h7lhpb1wkqki/wish/161354159 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.]]> 2017-03-21 00:05:46 UTC https://padlet.com/brandonmckinney/h7lhpb1wkqki/wish/161354159 brandonmckinney https://padlet.com/brandonmckinney/h7lhpb1wkqki/wish/161354395 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.]]> 2017-03-21 00:08:15 UTC https://padlet.com/brandonmckinney/h7lhpb1wkqki/wish/161354395 brandonmckinney https://padlet.com/brandonmckinney/h7lhpb1wkqki/wish/161354878 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.]]> 2017-03-21 00:11:59 UTC https://padlet.com/brandonmckinney/h7lhpb1wkqki/wish/161354878 brandonmckinney https://padlet.com/brandonmckinney/h7lhpb1wkqki/wish/161355260 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.]]> 2017-03-21 00:15:23 UTC https://padlet.com/brandonmckinney/h7lhpb1wkqki/wish/161355260 brandonmckinney https://padlet.com/brandonmckinney/h7lhpb1wkqki/wish/161355581 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.]]> 2017-03-21 00:18:48 UTC https://padlet.com/brandonmckinney/h7lhpb1wkqki/wish/161355581