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    Ronald Reagan was inaugurated as president in 1980 at age 69. As president, he pursued an aggressive anti-communist foreign policy and military buildup that increased tensions with the Soviet Union. This document discusses Reagan's background and policies that contributed to the end of the Cold War, including his promotion of "Star Wars" missile defense and negotiations with Mikhail Gorbachev that led to nuclear arms reduction and the eventual collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.

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    Ronald Reagan was inaugurated as president in 1980 at age 69. As president, he pursued an aggressive anti-communist foreign policy and military buildup that increased tensions with the Soviet Union. This document discusses Reagan's background and policies that contributed to the end of the Cold War, including his promotion of "Star Wars" missile defense and negotiations with Mikhail Gorbachev that led to nuclear arms reduction and the eventual collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.

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    Ronald Reagan was inaugurated as president in 1980 at age 69. As president, he pursued an aggressive anti-communist foreign policy and military buildup that increased tensions with the Soviet Union. This document discusses Reagan's background and policies that contributed to the end of the Cold War, including his promotion of "Star Wars" missile defense and negotiations with Mikhail Gorbachev that led to nuclear arms reduction and the eventual collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.

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    Reagan and the End of

    the Cold War

    Guided Notes: Reagan and the Cold War

    Name:________________

    Period:________________

    Ronald Reagan’s Background


    - How old was Ronald Reagan when inaugurated in
    1980?

    - What political party did Ronald Reagan originally


    affiliate with? What influenced his decision to switch?

    - Ronald Reagan’s _______ policy and promise to


    ___________ helped him become president.

    The USSR and Afghanistan


    - In what ways was the Soviet’s Afghanistan conflict
    similar to the United States’ Vietnam war?

    - How did Afghanistan officially end détente?


    MAD and Proliferation
    - In what ways were the Soviets
    technologically behind the US?

    - What reforms did Mikhail Gorbachev


    impose in an attempt to save the USSR’s
    economy? Provide examples.

    - What is MAD and how does it work?

    Star Wars, Rearmament, and the Fall of the USSR


    - ___________ ______________ is the process in which the USSR and US attempted
    to reduce the amount of nuclear weapons in stockpile.

    - Illustrate how Star Wars (SDI) works.

    - Reagan and Gorbachev agreed to abolish what


    type of weapon?

    - What policies influenced the fall of the USSR,


    how?

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