What did US intervention in the Middle East have in common with US intervention in Latin America? |
Both interventions were about stopping the spread of Communism. |
The nickname for President Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative was |
"Star Wars." |
A reason for conflict in the Middle East during President Reagan’s administration was |
political changes caused by religious differences. |
President Reagan’s use of the term evil empire referred to |
the USSR. |
What did President Reagan’s approach to the Cold War reveal about his foreign-policy strategy? |
He wanted to work for peace from a position of military strength. |
In 1987, President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev signed the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, which |
improved US-Soviet relations through the reduction of arms. |
Middle Eastern terrorists targeted the United States because |
the United States intervened in Middle Eastern politics. |
President Reagan believed the spread of Communism in Latin America was directly due to |
leftists. |
Which led to an increase in Cold War tensions between the US and the USSR in 1983? |
a breakdown in arms-control negotiations |
After his election in 1980, which action did President Reagan take in regard to the USSR? |
He increased defense spending. |
Which best describes the connection between Iran and Nicaragua during the mid-1980s? |
Profits from arms sold to Iran were used to fund the Contras in Nicaragua. |
President Reagan’s plans for the Strategic Defense Initiative |
pressured the USSR into building a similar system. |
What did US involvement in Nicaragua reveal about the Reagan administration? |
It was willing to operate outside the law to achieve its goals. |
In response to a terrorist attack in West Germany in 1986, the United States bombed targets in which country? |
Libya |
Which statement best describes how terrorism affects US foreign policy in the Middle East? |
The United States supports Israel in spite of terrorist attacks. |
Conflicts over religious differences and oil supplies in the Middle East |
affect American foreign policy today. |
Reagan and the Evil Empire
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