Question

Answer the following questions about President Ronald Reagan and his foreign policy with the Soviet Union. (8 points)

a. How did U.S. relations with the Soviet Union change while Ronald Reagan was president of the United States? (4 points)

b. Name at least two effects of Reagan's foreign policy toward the Soviet Union. (4 points)

Answer 1

A. The relationship was really tense and during the first term of Reagan's government, Washington and Moscow were tense. The president Reagan spoke about leaving the Marxism-Leninism on the ash-heap of history and he called the Soviet Union an Evil empire and introduced the strategic defense initiative (star wars) which the soviet leaders found highly threatening.

B. Talking about the foreign policy, président Reagan sought to assert American power in the world. He denounced the Soviet Union as a Evil empire and authorized the largest military to effect a rollback of worldwide communist influence.