End Of The Cold War

Question 1

Policies of Gorbachev

Answer 1

Glasnost; Openness, freedom for debate and media and the government has less control

Perestroika; Restructuring the Soviet economy through the introduction of more western style policies

Question 2

Role of President Reagan

Answer 2

Initially he was very against the USSR but later changed policies from rollback to diplomacy and negotiated the Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty (a reduction in nuclear arms on both sides)

Question 3

Collapse of communism

Answer 3

Gorbachev gave other Iron Curtain countries more freedom to the point they were able to break free of communism with no resistance. The Berlin Wall also collapsed on 9 November 1989

Question 4

Cold War ends

Answer 4

Russia’s economy couldn’t sustain the Cold War as they were behind the US by decades in terms of technology so Gorbachev had to reduce military spending and improve relations