Failed attempt to overthrow Cuba's communist government.

13 day stand off between the United States and the Soviet Union because of Soviet nuclear missiles on Cuba

When censorship laws in Czecholslovakia were loosened in 1968.

anti-communist British leader in the 1980's

U.S. President from 1980-1988

Polish labor union leader who led Poland toward democratization.

trade union movement in Poland that developed into a mass campaign for political change and inspired popular opposition to communism

site of 1989 demonstrations and protests that led to a massacres by government troops

policy of operating a more open government and political reforms

Soviet policy of restructuring the economic and political system

Final leader of the Soviet Union