Question

What steps did Reagan take in the early 1980s to renew the Cold War with the USSR? Check all of the boxes that apply

Increasing defense spending

Starting the Strategic Defense Initiative

Renewing the arms race

Decreasing US nuclear forces

Answer 1

1: Increasing defense spending

2: Starting the Strategic Defense Initiative

3: Renewing the arms race

Answer 2

• Increasing defense spending
• Starting the Strategic Defense Initiative
• Renewing the arms race

Step-by-step explanation:

The second Reagan period was marked mainly by foreign affairs, the most important being the end of the Cold War, the bombing of Libya and the revelation of the Iran-Contra scandal. Previously the president had ordered a massive military increase for the close struggle against the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), leaving behind the strategy of détente. He publicly described the USSR as the "evil empire" and supported anti-communist movements throughout the world through the so-called Reagan Doctrine. He negotiated the INF Treaty for nuclear disarmament with the Soviet Secretary General Mikhail Gorbachev, achieving the reduction of the nuclear arsenals of both countries.