The End of the Cold War (USHB)

During Reagan’s presidency, the United States was engaged in a "Cold War" with _______.

• Cuba

• China

• Afghanistan

• the Soviet Union

The USSR supported communism at home and abroad.

• true

• false

Reagan referred to the Soviet Union as an “evil ______."

• empire

• force

• entity

• dictatorship

Communism is a system in which the _______ controls the distribution of land and resources.

• people

• church

• government

• aristocracy

The Berlin War, separating East and West Berlin, was a symbol of communist oppression.

• true

• false

In June _______, Reagan gave a speech in Berlin. He demanded that Mikhail Gorbachev tear down the wall.

• 1985

• 1987

• 1990

• 1993

The overthrow of a political leader.

• soviet

• communist

• coup

• tariff

George H. W. Bush (1924–2018) became president in1989 and he served previously as Reagan’s ________.

• secretary of the treasury

• attorney general

• secretary of defense

• vice-president

Reagan and Gorbachev signed a mutual non-aggression pact in 1990 to end the Cold War.

• true

• false

_________ had the goal of creating a “free” market.

• Glasnost

• Perestroika

• Kremlin

• Sputnik