PPT-The Soviet System’s Collapse

Geoffrey Halgas Period 4 Seminar Question Considering the period 1953 to 1991 analyze the problems within the Soviet Union that contributed to the eventual collapse of the Soviet system Background Information. Student: Cristina- Daniela FERARU. Coordinator: . prof. .. Arkadiusz K. OTLINSK. I. Polkowice. , Poland . 2013. Introduction. . On Christmas Day 1991, the Soviet flag flew over the Kremlin in Moscow for the last time. A few days earlier, representatives from 11 Soviet republics (Ukraine, the Russian Federation, Belarus, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan) met in the Kazakh city of Alma-Ata and announced that they would no longer be part of the Soviet Union. Chapter 22. “The Rise and Fall of World Communism”. 1917 - Present. The End of Communism. General Failures of Communism. Economic failures. By late 1970s = communist economies showed no signs of catching up to more advanced capitalist countries. Post-WWII Europe. Territorial changes. Poland moved west. Germany and Austria separated. Soviet annexations. Economic devastation. Soviet sphere of influence: “Iron Curtain”. Economic Recovery. Marshall Plan (1947-1952). L/O – To identify and evaluate the long and short-term causes of the collapse of the USSR. The ‘Sudden’ Collapse of the USSR. On Xmas Day in 1991, Mikhail Gorbachev resigned as President and the USSR ceased to exist. Thus ending the Cold War. No one in the West had predicted it!. Collapse of Communism in the Soviet Union & Eastern Europe. Cold War Predictions. Why did the Soviet Union “lose” the Cold War?. Why did Communism collapse inside . Russia?. Remember:. Deterrence...led to?. 1964- 1982 Brezhnev Era. Very Repressive. Corruption High. Complaints against regime led to imprisonment. . Factors weakening the USSR. Afghanistan War 1979-1989.. Economic Stagnation. Corruption. 1985- 1990 Gorbachev Era. . Union . / . End. . of. . the. . Cold. . War . / . Fall. . of. . Communism. 4 FIGURES. 4 DETAILS. 4 EFFECTS. a. b. c. d. 4 CAUSES. 4 CAUSES. 4 FIGURES. 4 DETAILS. 4 EFFECTS. The Cold War Ends. VUS.13d. Both internal and external pressures caused the collapse of the Soviet Union . The collapse of the Soviet Union . brought an end to the Cold War . that had dominated American . foreign policy for forty years!. Unit 5 Grade 6 Social Studies . Ms. Earnst. Info Source:. http://www.ducksters.com/history/cold_war/collapse_soviet_union.php. Collapse of the Soviet Union. The collapse of the Soviet Union started in . SPONGE:. Please put ALL notes/books away!!!! There is ABSOLUTELY NO TALKING!!!!. Find Someone Who Has…... Matching Review . Please put ALL notes/books away!!!! There is ABSOLUTELY NO TALKING!!!!. Some students will be given words or dates (BLUE PAPER).. “The Rise and Fall of World Communism”. 1917 - Present. The End of Communism. General Failures of Communism. Economic failures. By late 1970s = communist economies showed no signs of catching up to more advanced capitalist countries. Which state was created by the U.N. as opposed to an independence movement?. Israel. What is apartheid?. Segregation system in South Africa. What areas discussed in class gained independence through violent revolution?. Direct communications (phone) established. Kennedy’s ‘. Pax. Americana’. What kind of peace do we seek? Not a . Pax. Americana enforced on the world by American weapons of war….I speak of peace because of the new face of war. Total war makes no sense in an age when great powers can maintain large and relatively invulnerable nuclear forces and refuse to surrender without resort to those forces.. Learning objective . – to be able to explain the collapse of Soviet Union in 1991.. I can . describe. the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.. . Grade D. I can . e. xplain . the . collapse. . of .