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The Domino Effect

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Europe Before the Cold War

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Ronald Reagan

January 20, 1981, Reaganis elected 40th Presidentof the united states

In January 1984 Reaganannounces his foreignpolicy speech to thepublic

Later went on to have

three meetings withMikhail Gorbachev(USSR leader) discussingNuclear arms and thecold war

He steps down as

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Mikhail Gorbachev

In 1985 Mikhail Gorbachevbecomes President ofthe USSR

In June, 1987 he

announced perestroikaand glasnost to public

Gorbachev steps down asPresident of USSR in

1991, December 25 Hammer and sickle is

lowered for the last timeover the Kremlin

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Gorbachev and Reaganmeet

November 21 1985,Gorbachev and Reaganmeet for the first timeand agree to meet two

times after October 11-12 1986,

Gorbachev and Reaganmeet at the ReykjavikSummit and almost

reach an agreement onnuclear arms

Intermediate RangeNuclear Forces Treaty issigned by Gorbachev

and Reagan in

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Able Archer

Soviet air defences take aNATO (North Atlantic

Treaty Organisation)nuclear release test as a

cover up attack on thecountry and in responseto it they place theirSoviet nuclear forces on

high alert.

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Unilateral Moratorium

In 1985 on the 6th ofAugust (40thanniversary ofHiroshima) the Soviets

announced a five monthunilateral moratoriumon the testing of nucleartesting. This meant they

would put a stop to allnuclear testing for fivemonths. The USApalmed this off aspropaganda and refused

to follow. The

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Perestroika

In Ju n e 1 9 8 7 G o rb a che v

.a n n o u n ce d Pe re stro ika H is

g o a l w a s to b e o p e n a b o u t

h is d e cisio n s to p re ssu re

co n se rva tiv e s w ith in th ep a rty w ho o p p o se d h is

.p o licie s Pe re stro ika w a s a

g o v e rn m e n ta l re fo rm fo r th e

S o vie t U n io n b y n o w b o th

g o v e rn m e n ts w e re sta rtin g

to th ro w id e a s aro u n d th a t

-w ere u n th ou g h t of

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Challenge of the Berlin Wall

In 1987 Reaganchallenged Gorbachevto tear down the Berlinwall. Gorbachev did not

take him up on the offer.Again this wassomething un-thoughtof.

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Withdrawal of Afghanistan

On May 15 1988 theSoviets started towithdraw their troopsfrom Afghanistan. In

1989 they fullywithdrew all of theirtroops completely. Thiswas a turning point for

the Cold War

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Malta Conference

December 3rd 1989, at theend of the MaltaConference Sovietleader Gorbachev and

US President George H.W. Bush declared a longlasting era of peace hadbegun. This was

regarded as the end ofthe Cold War. Later onthe Soviet Uniondissolved itself andRussia broke up.

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Post Cold War Map

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The End