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WorksheetsReagan & Cold War End
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 7mins
Strict laws against speaking
Encouraged freedom in speech and governnment
Anarchy and chaos
American Rule over Russia
He wanted to go down in history
He knew that Russia's expenditure on arms (weapons) was unsustainable
He was a capitalist at heart
He was secretly working for the West
Attempted to reestablish communism
Break away from Soviet Union and become independent
Establish their own communist government
Change their economic system to the command economy system
He instituted Glasnost and Perestroika
Gorbachev
Reagan
Lenin
Breshnev
Which event directly contributed to the end of the Cold War?
Several communist-based governments collapsed across Eastern Europe
The United States increased military aid to South Vietnam
The Marshall Plan
Senator McCathy's trials rooting out suspected communists
What did Ronald Reagan urge Mikhail Gorbachev to do in his speech at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin?
Bring your troops home
Free your political prisoners
Tear down this wall
Come to visit America
The policy objectives of Reaganomics were based on the theory that —
borrowing from foreign countries would help cover the costs of domestic programs
significant increases in government spending would help reduce unemployment
large tax cuts, less government spending and financial deregulation would promote economic expansion
reducing trade barriers would result in a budget surplus
Ronald Reagan was given the nickname
The Tax Cutter
The Great Communicator
Deregulator
Star Wars
Which was NOT included in President Reagan's economic policies?
Reducing the federal deficit
Tax cuts for wealthy Americans and corporations
Increased military spending to compete with the Soviet Union
Deregulation of some industries and businesses
What is deregulation?
Changing voting districts to better represent populations
Removing rules from certain industries and businesses
Creating government policies to keep citizens safe
In President Reagan's economic plan the benefits of tax cuts were supposed to "Trickle Down" to _________.
(Choose all that apply.)
Middle class Americans
Poor Americans
Wealthy Americans
Corporations
The Reagan Doctrine stated that the U.S. would
only elect conservatives to public office.
reduce taxes and deregulate industries.
negotiate with the Soviet Union to end the Cold War.
support countries who were trying to overthrow a communist government.
President Reagan provided aid to __________ because the Soviet Union had invaded in 1979.
Nicaragua
Afghanistan
Grenada
Iran
President Reagan secretly armed the Contras in _________ so that they could overthrow the socialist government there.
Nicaragua
Afghanistan
Grenada
Iran
Reagan's Cold War policy of building up the military to intimidate the Soviet Union
Peace Through Strength
Containment
Neutrality
Truman Doctrine
Detente
