reagan, the end of the cold war

Question 1

how did reagan win over the people during the 1980 presidential election

Answer 1

provided a return to normalcy
preached traditional values of new conservative movement
spoke language of and could connect with common man

Question 2

did reagan like detente

Answer 2

thought detente had failed, thought the US should take an aggressive approach instead

Question 3

how does reagan approach the Soviets

Answer 3

his rhetoric becomes more challenging against the soviets
calls them an evil empire and a sponsor of terrorism
reagan doctrine vows to help third world countries fight against communism
builds up US military

Question 4

why did reagan increase military spending

Answer 4

increases spending knowing the soviets couldn’t afford to spend as much as the US, if their soviets tried to compete, their economy would collapse

Question 5

what was the new program SDI

Answer 5

it would allow the US to destroy soviet mussels before they hit he US, but he wasn’t able to institute this during his presidency

Question 6

how does reagan support anti-communists

Answer 6

funded and trained the Mujahideen
US backed the Contras
US invaded Grenada to prevent them from becoming communist

Question 7

what were the two policies that Gorbachev issued

Answer 7

Glasnost-opening the Soviet Union to new ideas- political rights and freedom
Perestroika-changing the Soviet system to move away from the government controlled economy

Question 8

what is reagan’s response to Gorbachevs new policies

Answer 8

reagan wants the Soviets to change, likes that they’ve showed change, not just said it

Question 9

what comes out of the meeting between reagan and gorbachev

Answer 9

create agreements to reduce nuclear arms

INF agreement between the US and Soviets to eliminate ground launched short range missiles

Question 10

summarize the air traffic controller strike

Answer 10

wanted less hours per week and a raise
reagan called strike illegal and if the controllers didn’t return to work they’d loose their job, workers didn’t return and almost all were fired
showed that he was an american president who meant what he said

Question 11

what was the new conservative movement

Answer 11

return to traditional american values

federal government had too many rules, collected too much in taxes, and spent too much money in social programs

Question 12

who is sandra day o’connor

Answer 12

she was the first woman ever appointed to the court

Question 13

what did reagan look for when he appointed supreme court justices

Answer 13

someone who shared the same conservative views, someone who favored a stricter interpretation of the constitution

Question 14

summarize the challenger tragedy

Answer 14

on board was the first civilian to ever be in space, after the launch the challenger explodes in the air, great loss for america

Question 15

what is reaganomics

Answer 15

called for tax cuts, less government spending

economic policy

Question 16

summarize three aspects of reaganomics

Answer 16

increased the supply of good and services which decreased prices
congress lowered taxes and reduced federal programs
increased military spending

Question 17

summarize two impacts of reaganomics

Answer 17

higher defense spending and lower taxes, spent more money then they collected and increased federal debt
economy began to grow, businesses expanded and high jobless rate declined

Question 18

summarize the election of 1984

Answer 18

ronald reagan vs walter mondale
Americans worried that reagan was getting old, made jokes
was re-elected

Question 19

who did the US help when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan

Answer 19

the anti-communist Mujahideen

Question 20

what is the background of the collapse of the soviet union

Answer 20

war in afghanistan drained soviet resources, eventually withdrew
soviets could not compete with US military build up, gorbachev reduced nuclear arms and reformed soviet system

Question 21

what happens in result of the soviets weakened military

Answer 21

berlin wall falls in 1989, east germany’s communist government collapses and reunited with west germany
communists loose power in many revolutions including poland, hungary, romania

Question 22

what happens during the failed coup

Answer 22

soviet supporters tried to keep the soviet union communist

Boris Yeltsin rallied with millions of russians in support of gorbachev and defeats the coup

Question 23

what happens after the coup

Answer 23

gorbachev resigns as leader of the soviet union, former parts of the soviet union divides into 15 independent nations

Question 24

why did the soviet union collapse

Answer 24

Afghanistan drained soviets resources
could not afford the arms race
without competition, he soviet economy did not develop
soviet system had become corrupt
glasnost and perestroika gave people the demand for freedom and fueled revolutions

Question 25

three ways that the soviet involvement in afghanistan mirrors american involvement in vietnam

Answer 25

war divided people, one side was the Afghan government and the other the afghan republic army afghanistan soldiers were shown as hero’s, but the soviets saw then as lousy, like the Americans and the south soviets involves themselves with an outside country who was already fighting, both ended up loosing more than they gained

Question 26

summarize the accident at chernobyl

Answer 26

in april 1986, a nuclear power plant in Ukraine released radioactive material into the soviet union and parts of europe, this affected the lives of hundreds of thousands of people

Question 27

why was the secrecy of the soviet system to blame for the events at chernobyl

Answer 27

the scientists had been telling them everything was safe which caused people not to worry, the scientists didn’t want to get in trouble by the government so they hid it

Question 28

what impact does the small production rate compared to the soviets population have in the soviets economy

Answer 28

the country was increasingly dependent on imported goods because they weren’t able to keep it pace the soviets were using more resources than the US took the soviets longer to process raw materials and build new structures

Question 29

three reasons why the soviet union is falling behind

Answer 29

crime rate in climbing, alcoholism is growing lag in development of education technical progress has slowed down