Ronald Reagan and The End of the Cold War

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Ronald Reagan and The End of the Cold War

• Emerson Peacock, Britney Wells

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Early Life

• Born on February 6, 1911 in Tampico, Illinois.
• Reagan was an actor/radio host.
• Shifted from democrat to republican.
• Was the Governor of California

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• Oldest President to be elected at the age of 69.

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Supply Side Economics
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Economy

• 1983 had the biggest economic boom with median
  income increasing 15, 5 million new businesses,
  and 20 million new jobs. By 1988 unemployment
  drops to 5.5.

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• John Hinckley attempted to assassinate Reagan on
  March 30, 1981. This injury impaired Reagan for
  many months.

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• Reagan nominated the first woman to the supreme
  court who was Sandra Day OConnor and nominated
  one of the most conservative chief justices in
  William Rehnquist.

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• Yuri Andropov and Mikhail Gorbachev were the
  leaders of the Soviet Union during Regans
  Administration. Gorbachev had nuclear arms
  reduction talks with Reagan.

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Peace Through Strength

• Regan launched the largest peacetime buildup of
  military in history. Spending about 1.5 trillion
  dollars over 5 years this scared this Soviets and
  may in turn have helped bankrupt them.

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Reagan Doctrine

• Regan believed that the United States should
  support groups that fought the communists.
  Examples would be the Mujahadeen and the Contras.

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Star Wars

• Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) nicknamed
  Star Wars called for the development of weapons
  that could intercept and destroy incoming
  missiles.

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AIDS

• A major disease that aroused during Reagans
  administration. He spent about 5.7 billion
  dollars on helping with the outbreak.

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Soviet Issues

• The Soviet economy suffered from huge
  expenditures in Afghanistan and also by trying to
  keep up with the U.S.s Star Wars program.
  Central planning paradigm also did not work well
  as the market economy.

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End of the Cold War

• The end of the Cold War came shortly after Regan
  left office under George Bush Sr.s
  administration. One major representation of the
  decline of communism was the falling of the
  Berlin Wall.