THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE COLD WAR
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Question
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U.S. President Bush worked toward easing tensions
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The Soviet Union broke up into 15 independent republics
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People in Easter Europe were gaining more freedom
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The Berlin Wall was built
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Detailed explanation-1: -The process began with growing unrest in the Union’s various constituent national republics developing into an incessant political and legislative conflict between them and the central government.
Detailed explanation-2: -The unsuccessful August 1991 coup against Gorbachev sealed the fate of the Soviet Union. Planned by hard-line Communists, the coup diminished Gorbachev’s power and propelled Yeltsin and the democratic forces to the forefront of Soviet and Russian politics.
Detailed explanation-3: -During 1989 and 1990, the Berlin Wall came down, borders opened, and free elections ousted Communist regimes everywhere in eastern Europe. In late 1991 the Soviet Union itself dissolved into its component republics. With stunning speed, the Iron Curtain was lifted and the Cold War came to an end.