Answer the following questions in a good format
Reference:
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
Assassination of JFK
Berlin Blockade
The dropping of the Atom Bomb on Japan
SALT 1
Soviets Explode first atomic bomb
The INF Treaty
The Bay of Pigs invasion
The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
U2 Spy Plane Incident
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The appointment of Gorbachev as leader of the USSR
The Hungarian Uprising
Khrushchev’s speech to the Twentieth Congress of the Soviet Communist Party
SALT 2
Civil Rights Movement
The Berlin Wall
Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars)
Fall of the Berlin Wall
The end of Communism in the USSR
US invasion of Vietnam
The overthrow of Communist governments in Eastern Europe
The US boycott of Moscow Olympics
Your assignment is to complete the following tasks on a Google Doc.
Step 1: List events in chronological order on a timeline with an image or symbol to go with each. Use the space below.
Step 2: Create a Chart, with the title ‘Superpower Relations, 1945-1991’ into two columns: one headed ‘Incidents leading to deteriorating relations and the other headed ‘Incidents leading to improved relations’.
Then decide which of the incidents listed above represent an improvement in Soviet-American relations. These go in the second column. The others represent a worsening in relation and therefore go in the first column. An example for each has already been done for you. Explain why you have chosen to put the event in this column. Use the space below.
Step 3: Choose the three most dangerous incidents from the first column and three from the second column that most helped to improve relations. Explain why you have chosen each of these six incidents. Use the space below.
Step 4: Big Question: How was the breakup of the USSR and the Eastern Bloc nations inevitable (not able to be stopped)? Justify your answer using the evidence from your chart. Use the space below.