How did U.S.-Soviet relations evolve under the presidency of Ronald Reagan?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The ideal answer should include:
a. During his first term, Reagan was rabidly anticommunist.
b. He described the Soviet Union as an “evil empire” and was willing to support any group that opposed the Soviet Union or communism.
c. U.S.-Soviet relations improved during Reagan’s second term, when Mikhail Gorbachev became the leader of the Soviet Union.
d. Reagan and Gorbachev shared a commitment to avoid war and to limit the nuclear arsenal.
e. At the summit conference in Iceland in 1986, the two leaders came close to agreeing to eliminate all or nearly all nuclear weapons, although negotiations fell through at the last minute.
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a. there was a potential for economic gain through increased world trade. b. some desired to spread Christianity to other parts of the world. c. a spirit of adventure. d. fear that Islam would occupy the rest of the world if Christendom did not. e. intellectual curiosity.
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A. greater political stability. B. a period of climatic warming. C. greater freedom for Europe's peasants. D. advances in agricultural technology.
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A. predestination B. the reasons for innate human sinfulness C. conversion D. the benevolence of God