A power point presentation about the Industrial Revolution
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WHAT HAPPENED TODAY?
SEPTEMBER, 18, 1987
1987: Superpower treaty to scrap warheads
The United States and the USSR are to sign an agreement later this year to reduce the number of nuclear missiles.
US President Ronald Reagan announced the news that over 1,000 weapons would be scrapped over the next few years.
The superpower summit in Washington will be the first ever treaty reducing the total number of nuclear arms since their invention 50 years ago.
President Reagan said the talks had been "frank, constructive and notable" and Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze said it was "time to reap the harvest" after moving towards an accord for many years.
The arms to be dismantled under the treaty are all short and medium-range missiles based in Europe and the Soviet Union.
Even though the reduction only represents a 3% total decrease in the number of nuclear warheads deployed worldwide, peace campaigners welcomed the announcement.
The chairman of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament said it was the direct result of persistent pressure from the peace movement.
Details of the treaty, including the crucial matter of verifying the destruction of the missiles, have yet to be worked out.
But US Secretary of State George Shultz said the treaty was only the beginning of the process.
"This doesn't solve all the problems by a long shot... But you've got to start," he said.
1) READ AND ANSWER:
- Tell me the meaning of these words (in english and with your own words):
SCRAP, TREATY, WARHEADS, AGREEMENT, WEAPONS, WORK OUT
- Who were the main characters of this piece of news?
- What do "peace campaigners" think about the agreement?
- What does George Schultz think about the treaty?
2) WATCH THIS VIDEO AND IDENTIFY AT LEAST 5 KEY WORDS.
3) LOOK FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- What was the USSR?
- When did it disappear?
- What was the "Cold War"?
- When did it begin and why?
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