HIST 1003 Chapter : Revolution In Eastern Europe 2
Document Summary
With economic factors and widespread discontent important things happened: enter gorbachev. As high as 25% of nation spending: recognized that they needed to stop playing with its controlled states before the war would end (leaving. Decided that no more was the soviet going to intervene--- they were on their own in 1988. Eastern europe quickly bucked out of communism and 1989 revolutions prevailed . Poland lead the way just as it did with solidarity(now legalized: solidarity swept the board with its campaign in the now free elections, time for a major change. Hungary moved very quickly as well into democratic elections. Symbol of the revolutions of 1989 was the falling of the berlin wall: represented the separation of the east and west germany, citizen took action and destroyed the wall. In checz by dec communism was also out: the velvet revolution because it happened so quickly and so smoothly.
