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4.3 The Iron Curtain Falls
The Iron Curtain falls
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The Iron Curtain falls
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Iron Curtain
* Churchill
* Iron Curtain -> Boundry between
* Democratic/capitalist West <-> Communist East
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Berlin Wall
* Closed gap in the Iron Curtain
* Fled through Berlin to West Germany
- Dissatisfied with communism
- Freedom and welfare
* Symbol of the Cold War
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Resistance against communism
* No freedom
* Planned economy
* Critical people punished
* Spied on
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East Germany
Planned economy
West Germany
Free market economy
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East Germany
Trabant (2 collors)
West Germany
Volkswagen and BMW
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Butcher selling meat products
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Rebellion rose
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1. Hungarian students rose up against communist control
* 1956
* Reaction: Warsaw pact reintroduces strict communist regime
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2. Communist leaders in Czechoslovakia began allowing more freedoms
* 1968
* 'Prague Spring'
* Reaction: Warsaw Pact sent tanks
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3. Polish workers set up a non-communist trade union
* 'Solidarity'
* 1980
* Mass movement demanding reforms
* Reaction: Polish government suppressed the rebellion
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Gorbachev
* Leader of SU 1985
- Not enough money for arms race
- Economy stayed behind the West
* Prevent communism from collapsing
* Reforms
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Gorbachev's reforms
1. Reconstruction the economy -> Perestroika
* small privately-owned companies
* No state companies
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Gorbachev's reforms
2. More openness in governemnt -> Glasnost
* Freedom of speech
* Political parties allowed
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Gorbachev's reforms
3. Less aggressive foreign policy
* Treaty with US 1987
* Limiting nuclear weapons
* More freedom for countries
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Clip Speech Poetin
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nos.nl
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Assignments
Make the assignments of paragraph 4.3
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Fall of communism
* Reforms accelerated the downfall of cummunism
* People wanted more freedom and democracy
* 1989 Hungary opened the Iron Curtain
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East Germany
* Demonstrations
* Free elections
* Freedom to travel
* November 9, 1989 -> Berlin Wall opened
* Communist government collapsed
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German reunification
* Fall of the Berlin Wall
* Germany reunited
* East Germany could benefit from the West
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Fall of Soviet Union
* More countries wanted freedom from the SU
* 1991 the end of SU
* Planned economy -> free-market economy
* Political and cultural freedom increased
* Democratic elections
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Vladimir Putin
* 2000 came to power
* Slowely reversed the political freedoms
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www.cbsnews.com
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edition.cnn.com
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