The Collapse of Communism

the reason for the collapse of the berlin wall was that people left countrys without exiting visas and caused a migration to east germany. countries formed a union against communism called the warsaw pact. Which denied communism into countries. communist parties still stayed political. traditional communist partys with dictators china cuba north korea and others. also chinese parties crushed their schools. The U.S. was able to profit from its imperialist exploitation of other countries while socialism could only lose economically in that competition.

Mikhail Gorbachev and the Collapse of Communism

Mikhail Gorbachev is the president of Russia. he was 54 and he was the youngest president. Mikhail decided that since russia was a totalitarian state, and nothing was getting done,that he should open up russia more so that free fresh new ideas will come and make Russia more better. This was called the "Glasnost". This was to promote openess in Russia.

In 1985, Gorbachev made something new called "Peristrokia". This was to make economic reforms. Local managers had full rights to their farms and property and people were able to have private small businesses.

Nelson Mandela and Apartheid

The apartheid was a racial segragation policy in South Africa. just like the one in the United States. But they were segragated from 1948-1990. this thing stated that only white people had the right to do things like voting. but all the other peoples, known as the bantu, didnt have those rights.Nelson Mandela was sent to jail because of this.

nelson mandela fought for the independence of South Africa. he was in the ANCs fight to promote non-violence methods to get freedom and justice and to stop the Apartheid. because of this he was a hero. he was in jail for 26 years and he got out,wrote a book and continued to fight for his people. the people liked this about him. so when the election came they voted for him and he was over in 61% votes.