Gorbachev's New Thinking Flashcards

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What were the two new ideologies Gorbachev put in

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Glasnost and Perestroika

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What was Perestroika

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It was a proposal that the Soviet State and economy should be reformed to include some of the practices that made capitalism succesful

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What was Glasnost

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It was the belief that there should be more openness and less corruption in goverment.People were allowed to oppose the goverment and it gave people a clearer understanding of how the country was run

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What doctrine would now be dropped in Gorbachev’s new Soviet Union

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The Brezhnev Doctrine

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What country did Gorbachev withdraw from

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Afghanistan

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What did the Bhrezhnev Doctrine being dropped mean for the satellite states

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They were now free to choose how they want to be governed without fear of being invaded such as in Hungary and Czechoslovakia

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What happened after these reforms from Gorbachev

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They backfired and in him giving the satellite states freedom they all left the Warsaw Pact one by one

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Why did Gorbachev need new thinking

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The Soviet economy had been crippled especially during the Brezhnev era on trying to keep up with the USA

The poor economy led to poor standards of living in the satellite states and in the soviet union and it was leading to unrest.Solidaritry in Poland was a major cometitor to the communist regime,so much so it was banned

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How did relations improve after gorbachev’s new thinking

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Reagan in seeing that the cold war could come to an end decided to work with Gorbachev,evidenced by the multiple summit meetings they had in 1985,86 and 87

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What happened at the 1985 Geneva Summit

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No formal agreements made however both were prepared to change

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When was the geneva summit meeting

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1985

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When was the Reykjavik Meeting and what happened

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It was in 1986 and Gorbachev rejected Reagans idea of scrapping all ballistic missiles until Reagan dropped SDI,He refused

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When was the Washington meeting and what happened

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It was in 1987 and The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Force Treaty was signed

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What was the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Force treaty

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Treaty commited to both sides getting rid of all medium range missiles from europe within three years,The first treaty to reduce the number of nuclear weapons

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