Role of personalties

Question 1

How much had the US defence budget increased under Reagan by October 1981?

Answer 1

53%

Question 2

What did Reagan fund with defence budget?

Answer 2

B1 bomber
nuetron bomb
stealth aircraft programs
US navy expansion
deployment of MX missiles

Question 3

When did Reagan announce SDI?

Answer 3

March 1983

Question 4

Which nations did the US support through the Reagan doctrine?

Answer 4

Nicaragua
El Salvador
Grenada
Afghanistan

Question 5

What criticism were there of Reagan?

Answer 5

Between 1982 and 1984 Reagans hard line approach was ineffective against Andropov
Soviet scientists concluded that the SDI was impractical which limited the pressure on the SU
Reagan and Bush achieved more effective results when they acted less harshly towards the USSR

Question 6

How long was Thatcher prime minister?

Answer 6

1979 - 1990

Question 7

When did thatcher allow Reagan to deploy cruise missiles in Britain?

Answer 7

November 1983

Question 8

When did thatcher meet up with Gorbachev?

Answer 8

1984 at London

Question 9

What did thatcher say about Gorbachev?

Answer 9

“this is a man I can do business with”

Question 10

When did Pope John Paul II visit Poland?

Answer 10

1979
1983
1987

Question 11

How many people saw Pope John Paul II in 1979 in Poland?

Answer 11

12 million

Question 12

What did the pope do in January 1981?

Answer 12

Blessed the leader of Solidarity - Lech Walesa

Question 13

When did the pope give his “do not be afraid speech”?

Answer 13

1979