The Contemporary Western World (Timeline Activity)

You can work solo or with a partner

Use a regular sheet of computer paper
The years should go from 1974-2001
Make sure to use color and be creative
Include at least five hand-drawn images

Using Chapter 13, Sections 1, 2, and 3, find the following events and place them in
chronological order on a horizontal or vertical timeline:

Czechs and Slovaks agree to a peaceful division of the country

George W. Bush defeats Al Gore; becomes the 43rd U.S. President
Serbia goes to war with Bosnia-Herzegovina
Russia and the U.S. agree to eliminate IRBMs; the INF Treaty
Mikhail Gorbachev is chosen as leader of the Communist Party
Socialists became chief party in the French National Assembly
The Berlin Wall falls with the help of sledgehammers
Terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon
Vladimir Putin replaces Boris Yeltsin as president of Russia
Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as commander in chief
East and West Germany reunify
Lech Walesa is chosen as president of Poland
Democrat Bill Clinton is elected U.S. president
Tony Blair becomes prime minister of Great Britain
Czechoslovakias Communist government collapses
Ronald Reagan is elected president of the U.S.
Dtente suffers a major setback
The Treaty on European Union goes into effect
Richard Nixon resigns from the U.S. presidency
Albanians in Kosovo gain autonomy within Serbia