Essential Question: Why did communism collapse in 1991?
- Review
- Was the end of communism inevitable?
- War communism & New Economic Policy
- Stalin's collectivisation & purges
- Revolts in Eastern Europe: Berlin uprising, Hungarian Revolt, Prague Spring
- How are Soviet Socialist Republics (SSRs) different from satellite states?
- Understanding Goals:
- Why did Gorbachev have to introduce reforms in the USSR?
- What were the problems that the USSR faced in 1985?
- economic struggles of eastern European satellites
- preservation of Warsaw Pact
- financial burden of arms race
- effects of fighting proxy wars
- social & economic problems of command economy
- gerentocracy
- Performance:
- Watch video: FALL OF COMMUNISM
- Explain how Perestroika & Glasnost was intended to help solve the problems that the USSR faced in 1985.
- What were the unintended consequences?
- Notes can be downloaded here.
