The End of the Soviet Empire

    President Reagan built up the strength of the nation's Army, Navy, and Air Force, enabling the nation to exercise peace through strength.

    1.  Reagan Doctrine  stopping communism before it could attach and enslave a country.

    Where did the U.S. stand up to communism?

    1.  Poland    Solidarity movement in Poland Reagan denounced the retaliation of the Communists and expressed support for Solidarity.

    2.  Grenada   small island in the West Indies was about to be overrun by Cuban Communists.  Reagan sent in the troops.

 3.  South Korean airline apparently strayed into Soviet Airspace, and was shot down by the Communists.  269 people were killed.

    4.  Soviets invaded Afghanistan and the U.S. supplied the Afgans with Stinger missiles which wiped out the Soviet helicopter fleet.

    5.  Lebanon 1983

    6.  Libyan raid

    7.  INF Treaty with new Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev agreed to remove all medium range missiles from Europe.

Decline of the Soviet Union

    Problems caused by Communism

    1.  Under Communism (where the state gives you a job) there was little incentive to work hard or improve their skills

    2.  Soviets spent time & money on weapons so they could not provide basic food, clothing and shelter for its people.

    3.  Communists public image and economy was collapsing as Reagan and others called it the "Evil Empire".

    4.  TV shows depicting American social life were seen in the Communist enslaved states and the people asked, "why can't we live like that"?

    5.  Star Wars  SDI  space age weaponry the Soviets couldn't match.

    Mikhail Gorbachev tries to save the Soviet Union through

    1.  Perestroika   restructuring

    2.  Glasnost       openness

    3.  By 1990  the Russian people elected Boris Yeltsin he resigned from the Communist Party, and declared the 15 Soviet Bloc countries free.

    Sandra Day O'Connor  first woman justice to serve on the Supreme Court.  

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Lesson Objectives

Students will learn

OBJECTIVES: Students will be able to:

1. list

2. explain the difference between

3. describe the

4. chart on a map the

5. define the terms

6. Explain the significance of

Knowledge: Recall of data.

Comprehension: Understand the meaning, translation, interpolation, and interpretation of instructions and problems. State a problem in one's own words.

Application:
Use a concept in a new situation or unprompted use of an abstraction. Applies what was learned in the classroom into novel situations in the workplace.

Analysis:
Separates material or concepts into component parts so that its organizational structure may be understood. Distinguishes between facts and inferences. 

Synthesis:
Builds a structure or pattern from diverse elements. Put parts together to form a whole, with emphasis on creating a new meaning or structure.

Evaluation:
Make judgments about the value of ideas or materials.