The Collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe The collapse of communism in eastern europe can be based on three disticnct factors. Factor 1: People Power May: Hungary opens its borders with non communist Austria. Hungarians had already been granted the rights to free travel. However many east germans started using this route to get to west germany. June-August: protests against communist rule In poland continue throughout the summer. In august‚ communist party leaders agree truly free elsections
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The political ideology of communism sought to end capitalism and establish equality throughout a population. While good in theory‚ it created conflicts that lasted for decades. First conceived in the Soviet Union‚ there was an expectation that communism would be a revolutionary tide that would sweep across all of Europe. After WWII‚ the Soviet Union still dominated with communist ideals in the countries of Czechoslovakia‚ Hungary and Poland. After the Berlin Wall that separated Germany into East
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The Cold War developed from disagreements on the postwar European world. The Soviet Union wanted to feel secure on the western border and did not want to give up what it had gained in Eastern Europe by defeating Germany. Eastern Europe was an area of disagreement in that the United States and Great Britain were in favor of democratic freedom for the liberated nations of Eastern Europe‚ however Stalin feared this would lead to traditional anti-Soviet attitudes if they were allowed free elections and
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most potent symbol of the cold-war division of Europe—came down. Earlier that day‚ the Communist authorities of the German Democratic Republic had announced the removal of travel restrictions to democratic West Berlin. Thousands of East Germans streamed into the West‚ and in the course of the night‚ celebrants on both sides of the wall began to tear it down. The collapse of the Berlin Wall was the culminating point of the revolutionary changes sweeping East Central Europe in 1989. Throughout the
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chatter about how the day is going to be or something funny a child saw on television. Now‚ imagine waking up and being afraid‚ the same question running over and over through your head‚" Is my family going to perish in a nuclear explosion‚ are we going to war with America today?" This is what it was like for many people living in the Soviet Union‚ a.k.a the USSR‚ or present day Russia‚ around 1985 during the Cold War. The Cold War was a period of tension and‚ on many occasions‚ near-war conflicts mostly
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I.- Estern Europe and the Cold War 1948-1989 How secure was Soviet control of Europe 1948-1968? * How did Stalin control Eastern Europe? * After the war political vacuum in many countries of Eastern Europe. Stalin helped the communist parties in them to win power Cominform “communist information bureau” organization to co-ordinate the communist government in Eastern Europe. Made meetings and sent out instructions to communist government about what the USSR wanted them to do.
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End of Cold War Summary 1. Why wasn’t the commie system working? 2. Gorby’s reforms 3. Fall of Soviet Union & Failure of Gorbachev Background info: Soviet Union was made up of 15 satellite states ruled by the Communist Party. Gorbachev: Leader of Soviet Union until 1991. S.U. broke up then‚ into smaller‚ separate republics. Played a part in breaking up USSR. Did not cover up S.U.’s mistakes and problems. Correct intentions but USSR had too many problems piled up since Stalin‚ so he couldn’t
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Who caused the cold war? Focus; the role of each personality in contributing to the cold warTime frame: 1945 to 1952Cold war- period of intense tension and mistrust‚ leading to competition and confrontations. Stand: both Stalin and Truman contributed to the cold war. The key personalities that contributed to the cold war are namely Stalin and Truman‚both in office in US and USSR respectively. both were responsible as their personalities and level of experiences contributed to their policies made
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The causes of the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe were that it had no popular support‚ political downfall‚ and economic problems. The fact that the USSR had gained all of its money from the Eastern European states (after world war 2)‚ Stalin’s paranoia of the West forced him to put all that money into defensive arms and therefore none of that money was being channeled into the country. Many historians would argue that it was at this point that the USSR began its downward spiral and this is
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Cold War and Communism HIS/135 September 8‚ 2013 Jordan Billings Cold War and Communism Watching the duck and cover makes one think‚ would hiding under a desk or jacket against a wall really save someone. Seeing this makes one think if living during the time of a nuclear war would be desirable‚ not that one has the choice but it would have to be a thought. According to this duck and cover video‚ a nuclear bomb warning can happen at any time and one would find somewhere that was considered
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