PERIOD I
- Problems of the Soviet Union, 1954-84
- These are some areas which presented problems to the Soviet Union from 1954-1984. Identify the problems associated with each of these areas, and explain how these problems were responsible for the decline of the Soviet Union. Think of how you would want to organise your information. Write your answers in your notebook to be presentedin class.
- Eastern Europe
- Proxy wars
- Arms race
- Gerentocracy
- Economic Stagnation
- Soviet Reforms 1985-1991
- Explain
- Perestroika
- Glasnost
- Identify and Explain
- Intended Outcomes of Perestroika & Glasnost
- Implemented Policies that were introduced
- and their Unintended Consequences
- RESOURCES: MWH.USSR.NOTES
- Review of CA1.1
- Why did the USSR establish satellite states in Eastern Europe after WWII? (12)
- Security Buffer
- Ideological Expansion
- Political Retaliation
- Economic Reparations
- VIDEO: CHERNOBYL
- PHOTOS: The Lost City of Chernobyl
US Propaganda in 1952: Communism in the Soviet Union
