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U.s. History: The End of the Cold War WebsiteU.s. History: The End of the Cold War Website
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Independence Hall Association
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5th - 8th
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U.s. History: The End of the Cold War

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Read about the surprising and swift collapse of the Soviet Union and its satellite countries beginning with Poland in 1989. Watch a map which shows the change from a single country, USSR, into many independent countries, and find out about the American reaction to the end of the Cold War.

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mikhail gorbachev

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glasnost, perestroika, ushistory.org, boris yeltsin, independence hall association, soviet bloc, the end of the cold war, collapse of the soviet bloc, collapse of the soviet union, fall of the berlin wall, cold war thaws

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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