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End to the Cold War |
![]() The Bush administration adeptly brokered the end of the Cold War, working closely with Gorbachev and Yeltsin. It led the negotiations that brought the unification of East and West Germany (September 1990), agreement on large arms reductions in Europe (November 1990), and large cuts in nuclear arsenals (July 1991). After the liquidation of the Soviet Union, the United States and the new Russian Federation agreed to phase out all multiple-warhead missiles over a 10-year period. The disposal of nuclear materials and the ever-present concerns of nuclear proliferation now superseded the threat of nuclear conflict between Washington and Moscow. |
Directions: Read the text above, then answer the questions below. Click here to print this worksheet. 1. What was happening in Eastern Europe in 1989? 2. Who was Boris Yeltsin? 3. What country was reunited in September of 1990? 4. What superseded the threat of nuclear conflict following the collapse of the Soviet Union? |
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Text courtesy of the U.S. State Department, Bureau of International Information Programs, 2005 |