Ronald Reagan and the 1980s

Question 1

In what years does the US refuse to go to Moscow Olympics and Soviet refuses LA Olympics?

Answer 1

1980

1986

Question 2

When did Reagan become a Republican?

Answer 2

1962

Question 3

When did Reagan run for governor of California?

Answer 3

1967-1975

Question 4

When did he become president?

Answer 4

1980- 1984 re-election wins majority 525/538 seats

Question 5

Reagans aims

Answer 5

Wants tax cuts, welfare cuts, environmental cuts, conservative family views, peace through strength

Question 6

Minimum wage

Answer 6

$3.35

Question 7

Aids crisis

Answer 7

From 1981 onwards and by 1989 115,000 diagnosed, 70,000 died

Question 8

How much military spending in 1985?

Answer 8

$456 billion

Question 9

Dates when the cold war could have ended

Answer 9

1980- election of Ronald Raegan
1986- Gorbachev introduces “perestroika” (economic reforms) and “glasnost” (openness/political reforms)
1989- fall of the Berlin Wall
1991- formal dissolution of the Soviet Union