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The End of the Cold War
Détente- 1970s- Easing of Tensions
Nixon Visits China
The SALT Treaty
Setback- USSR Invades Afghanistan (1979)
“Miracle on Ice”- 1980 Winter Olympics
USA Boycotts 1980 Summer Olympics in
Moscow (Capitol of the Soviet Union)
1980s Reagan and “Star Wars” (SDI program)
Controversial Action in Latin America
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El Salvador
Nicaragua
Grenada
Panama
Mikhail Gorbachev- USSR Leader 1980s
Gorbachev’s Reforms to Soviet Union
Glasnost
Perestroika
INF Treaty
Reagan- “Tear down this wall!” Speech
1989- Fall of the Berlin Wall
1991- The Soviet Union Breaks Apart
Today’s NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
Lessons of the Cold War