The fall of the Berlin Wall

History

Causes of tension between the USA and USSR by 1945

The impact of the atomic bomb on US-Soviet relations

Soviet influence over Eastern Europe by 1948

The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan

The Berlin Crisis (1948)

The Cold War arms race

The Hungarian Uprising (1956)

The origins of the Cold War (1941-58)

Berlin, 1958-61: increased tensions

Berlin, 1961-63: the Berlin Wall

The Cuban Revolution and the Bay of Pigs Invasion

The Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)

The Prague Spring (1968)

The Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia (1968)

Cold War crises, 1958-70

Détente and SALT I

The Helsinki Accords and SALT II

The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan

Reagan and the 'Second Cold War'

Gorbachev's 'new thinking'

The collapse of the Soviet Union

The end of the Cold War, 1970-91

In this unit pupils undergo a period study which tells a story about a period that shaped the world we live in today: the Cold War. They look at the key events, developments, people and stories that defined the relationship between the USA and the USSR in this period.

Period study: Superpower relations and the Cold War, 1941–91

Depiction of war, threats of war, death or the aftermath of war.

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

In December 1988, Gorbachev announced that the Soviet Union was rejecting the Brezhnev...

In which of these Eastern European countries did the end of communist rule **not** happen peacefully?

The phrase ‘Die Mauer muss weg!’ (‘The Wall must go!’) became a rallying cry among demonstrators in which Eastern European city?

In 1989, which Eastern European country decided to remove the border fence between it and Austria, which then meant East Germans began to cross this border into West Europe?

In the evening of which of these days did guards open the gates in the Berlin Wall, allowing people from East and West to cross freely?

Which one of the following did Gorbachev succeed as Soviet leader in 1985?

In which Eastern European country did Lech Wałęsa lead a trade union called Solidarity?

Which of these Russian words means 'reconstruction'?

Discussions between Reagan and Gorbachev focused on nuclear...

Which of the following was the first summit between Reagan and Gorbachev?

The fall of the Berlin Wall

Lesson outcome

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