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Unit 6 (USSR Collapse (Decrease defense spending (he withdrew troops from…
Unit 6
USSR Collapse
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Gorbachev's reforms
Gorbachev didn't want to end communism, only change it for the better
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Berlin Wall
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Khrushchev's Solution
all crossing points from East to West Berlin were sealed to foreigners and allied soldiers except for one.
on August 13, 1961 cast German soldiers erected a barbed wire barrier along the entire front between east and western Berlin ending all free movement
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The West's Reaction
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The US and the USSR faced each other in a tense stand off, after 18 hours, the tanks pulled back.
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Kennedy said "It's not a very nice solution, but a wall is a hell of a lot better than a war."
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Poland's Solidarity
Solutions
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solidarity union issued it's 3 demands on the government, all were met.
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Prague Spring
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Outcome
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even though Dubcek expressed loyalty and the warsaw pact, but Brezhner was very worried that the new ideas of Czech would spread
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