The Berlin Wall stood as a potent symbol of the division of the world into two hostile camps during the Cold War. From 1961 to 1989, the Berlin Wall separated West and East Berlin, dividing families and limiting travel across the border. In a major Cold War speech in 1987, U.S. president Ronald Reagan stood in front of the Brandenburg Gate of the Berlin Wall as he challenged the Soviet leader: "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" In 1989 the East German government finally ended the political division between West and East.
What will they want you to know next year?
Lesson 1: End of the Cold War
Gorbachev and Perestroika
Revolutions in Eastern Europe
End of the Soviet Union
The New Russia
The Disintegration of Yugoslavia
Lesson 2: Western Europe and North America
Winds of Change in Western Europe
Reunification of Germany
Great Britain
France
The United States and Canada
The United States
Canada
Society and Culture in the West
The Women's Movement
Art and Popular Culture
Japan
India
Pakistan
Lesson 3: Asia and the Pacific
China After Mao
Chinese Society and Economy
Japan
The Koreas
North Korea
South Korea
Southeast Asia and South Asia
India
Pakistan
Lesson 4: Latin America
Mexico
End of PRI Dominance
Drug War
The Caribbean and Central America
Cuba
Haiti and the Dominican Republic
EI Salvador
Honduras
South America
Peru
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Lesson 5: The Middle East and Africa
The Middle East
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Iran
Afghanistan and Iraq
The Arab Spring
Egypt
Libya
Syria
Africa South of the Sahara
Regional Organizations
Social and Economic Issues
Political Trends
Religious Conflict
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