The Wall Comes Down

1. Hungarian Revolution

1.1. Hungarians & their government

1.2. Hungarians rise up against their government, Soviet tanks come in to destroy the rebellion, hundreds killed

1.3. 1956

1.4. Showed that the Soviets were unwilling to release their grip on Eastern Europe, they enforced communism.

2. Polish Solidarity

2.1. Solidarity & Soviet Army

2.2. Solidarity crushed

2.3. 1981

2.4. Showed Soviets controll over Eastern Europe.

3. Honecker refuses to accept perestroika

3.1. Erich Honecker

3.2. Erich Honecker refuses to accept Gorbachev's policies saying, " We have already done our reforms"

3.3. When?

3.4. This showed that despite the change needed, Honecker remained a hard-line communist

4. Tiananmen Square

4.1. Chinese Army and protesters

4.2. Protesters crushed by Chinese Army and their tanks

4.3. 1989

4.4. Showed potential results of Eastern European reforms

5. Gorbachev's political views

5.1. Gorbachev, People in Eastern Europe

5.2. Gorbachev allowed them to choose their own future

5.3. End of 1988

5.4. It allowed the people the freedom of speech which led to opposition of the government and therefore contribueted to the fall of the Soviet Union.

6. Hungarian reforms

6.1. Miklos Nemeth (Hungarian economist and politician) and Gorbachev

6.2. Elections in Hungary, multi-party system introduction, funeral held for Imre Nagy

6.3. When?

6.4. Gorbachev slightly released his grip on Hungary, thus allowing them to choose what they wanted to do instead of being government controlled.

7. Removal of a part of the Iron Curtain

7.1. Hungarians

7.2. Removal of wired fence between Austria, Western world and Hungary

7.3. 1988

7.4. People could escape communism, Iron Curtain started to come down.

8. Leipzig Demostration

8.1. Eastern Germand & Police and Army

8.2. Leipzig demonstration was not stopped by the police and army.

8.3. 1989

8.4. Turning point for Germany.

9. East German Travel Freedom

9.1. Eastern Germans

9.2. GDR Citizens could travel freely

9.3. 1989

9.4. Turning point for Germany; everyone wanted to leave East Germany

10. Bush's visit to Hungary

10.1. Hungary , George Bush

10.2. Bush visited Hungary to give support. Bush was given a piece of the iron curtain by the Hungarians during his visit to Hungary

10.3. 1989

10.4. The symbol of the cold war was officially taken down ; cold war was coming to an end

11. Emigration of the East Germans

11.1. Czechoslovakia, East Germans refugees, West Germany (Hans-Dietrich Genscher), East Germany (Erich Honecker)

11.2. Many East Germans wanted to seek refuge to West Germany by going through Czechoslovakia. They gathered at the West Germany embassy in Czechoslovakia in hopes of emigration. Due to the overcrowd of refugees and pressure from West Germany and USSR, Honecker allowed the emigration of the refugees to the west

11.3. 1989

11.4. This showed the crumbling of East Germany and foreshadowed the reunification

12. Gorbachev's visit to the GDR

12.1. Gorbachev, Honecker, East Germans

12.2. During the torchlight event, the communists youth changed their prepared slogan to another name "Gorbi"

12.3. 1989

12.4. This showed that the youth were begging for change to Gorbachev and signalled the end of the GDR

13. Who worked on this document?

13.1. Alya

13.2. Kiki

13.3. Wisse