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Were the effects of President Reagan’s foreign policy actions mostly positive or mostly negative?

• The government owns all businesses and decides Key Content Terms what will be made and sold and for what price. As you complete the Reading Notes, use these • Elections are controlled by the ruling political party. Key Content Terms in your answers: Opposition candidates are rarely permitted.

Strategic Defense Iran-Contra Affair In your notebook, list any of the following actions that Initiative (SDI) nuclear freeze you believe the United States would be justified in taking Reagan Doctrine movement if it meant preventing a nation from falling under the Sandinistas Intermediate-Range influence of Country X. For each action you list, give Contras Nuclear Forces one reason to support your choice. Palestine Liberation Treaty (INF Treaty) • Send anti–Country X propaganda to other nations. Organization (PLO) • Withdraw aid from any nation that openly supports Country X. • Send spies to Country X to learn which nations they PREVIEW plan to take over next. Examine the list about life in Country X. This mythical • Increase defense spending to prepare for a possible country wants to spread its philosophy about promoting military conflict with Country X or its supporters. equality for all citizens to other nations. Nations that • Provide military training and arms to help nations adopt or are forced to adopt this philosophy will also resist a takeover by Country X. adopt other aspects of life in Country X. • Send U.S. troops to nations in danger of being taken over by Country X. Life in Country X • Secretly rig an election to guarantee that candidates • The overarching philosophy of the government of who support Country X are not elected. Country X is the belief in equality for all citizens. • Assassinate leaders of nations who support Country X. • The government of Country X guarantees all citizens • Threaten military action against nations who align a job and a place to live. It also guarantees all citizens with Country X. education and health care. • The press and media of Country X are controlled by the state. • Citizens are not free to leave Country X at their own will. • Dissenters are thrown in prison or sent to labor camps.

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Word Banks READING NOTES INF Treaty, nuclear freeze movement, summit Sections 57.2 to 57.5 meeting After reading each of these sections, do the following: military buildup, defense spending, nuclear • Decide which cartoon(s) relate to what you just read. weapons Cut out those cartoons and tape them into your notebook, one or two per page. Soviet Union, nation-states, Cold War • Write a two- to four-sentence summary of the event each cartoon represents. In each summary, include all of the terms from one of the Word Banks to the right. missile shield, Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), Use each set of terms only once. Star Wars • For each cartoon, answer this question: Does this peacekeeper, Palestine Liberation Organization cartoonist believe the effects of President Reagan’s (PLO), suicide bombing foreign policy actions were mostly negative or mostly positive? Explain your answer. Also identify any artistic devices the cartoonist used to communicate terrorists, hostages, Iran-Contra Affair his or her message.

Reagan Doctrine, Sandinistas, Contras

Tape the Summarize the cartoon here. event here. Eastern Europe, Berlin Wall, communism

Answer the question here. PROCESSING

In this chapter, you learned about the many actions President Reagan took to contain communism and end the Tape the Summarize the cartoon here. event here. Cold War. These actions affected the U.S. economy, the country’s standing in the world community, the safety of the nation’s and the world’s citizens, and American ideals. Answer the question here. Create a political cartoon commenting on whether you believe the effects of Reagan’s foreign policies were mostly positive or mostly negative. Your cartoon must use at least three of these artistic devices: • notable people of this era • symbols • exaggerated details • labels that identify parts of the cartoon • speech and thought bubbles • a caption

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Political Cartoons of the Reagan Era ¡ Cartoon B Cartoon Cartoon D Cartoon © Steve Nease 2004 Used by permission. All rights reserved. © Steve Nease 2004 Used by permission. Steve Greenberg, Daily News of Los Angeles, 1983 Steve Greenberg, Daily News of Los Cartoon A Cartoon Cartoon C Cartoon Steve Sack/Copyright 1986 Minneapolis Star and Tribune. Republished with permission. Republished Tribune. Minneapolis Star and 1986 Steve Sack/Copyright Steve Greenberg, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 1985 Post-Intelligencer, Steve Greenberg, Seattle

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¡ Cartoon F Cartoon Cartoon H Cartoon © Signe Wilkinson, 1982. All Rights Reserved. Wilkinson, 1982. © Signe Steve Greenberg, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 1987 Post-Intelligencer, Steve Greenberg, Seattle Cartoon E Cartoon Cartoon G Cartoon Steve Greenberg, Ventura County Star, Calif., 2004 Calif., County Star, Ventura Steve Greenberg, Steve Greenberg, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 1986 Post-Intelligencer, Steve Greenberg, Seattle