Mikhail Gorbachev and the collapse of Communism

Mikhail was a reformer which helped get rid of communism. He was well supported by the people of Russia, because they also wanted change in Russia because they had corrupt government. "Glasnost" was reform in the Soviet Union was stood for secret USSR and now Public Russia. "Peristrokia" was also a reform in the Collapse of Communism it was the opening of the Russian Economy as they started trading with other nations. The times before the collapse in USSR the newspaper, the T.V. and everything the Russians heard was lie and some people form here can tell stories about the way it affected them. But After the Russians got rid of communism everything was the truth in Russia again but in order to do this they had to knock down everything down just like a old house.

Collapse of Communism

Communism ended in Eastern Europe because of the people that really supported the concept and also the opposite party Democracy. People tore down the Berlin Wall because they representing that there was no more Communism in Germany. Since the collapse of Communism the U.S. has become the influence of the world and the also it has become the superpower of the world.

Nelson Mandela and the Apartheid

Apartheid was a policy that segregated the Black and the other natives from the White that lived there. Nelson Mandela was hero for Africa because he changed the ways everyone, mostly the Natives were treated in Africa made boycotts and other riots just like Gandhi in India in order to get their countries independence. This took years and eventually Mandela was elected president and got Independence for Africa

African Independence

Some of the Leaders that lead Africa was Leopold Senghor he was politican that worte poetry that made everyone see why africa needed a independence. There was also are fight in Algeria were the poeple didn't want to give up their land without a fight. Many people people died in order to gain the African Independence. It helped get rid all of the Coloines in Africa.

The Cuban Missile Crisis

The Cuban Missile Crisis was almost the end of the world because the Soviet Union was planting Missiles in Cuba and They found out so the set up EX-COMM, which was were the Presdient's 12 most trusted advisors. The trusted advisors all decided not to attack Cuba cause it would just cause a Nuclear War in the world.

NATO and The Warsaw Pact

The Pact between these countries were only because there was a cold war going on. NATO was created by The U.S. were they made a agreement to certain countries if Russia would ever attack member of the NATO, then all members of NATO would go to war aganist Russia. But snice Russia and U.S. were in a contest aganist each other, Russia decided to make this Warsaw Pact with other Nations to agree to same thing U.S. were doing. So basically Russia just copied the NATO idea. This was a battle between U.S. and the U.S.S.R , each top Nation trying to accept the Idea of Communism and Captailism.

Film: The Right Stuff

The US and USSR were competing make new technology and breaking world records for example breaking the sound barrier and make new weapons make each other get scared. The used also used spy's to get each other's secrets and idea's. At first Russia was winning the war, by launching the first satellite into space. Some scenes from the movie were the part were Russia were making rockets to send to space and spy's were recording for the US.