Ending the Cold War

NOTEBOOK GUIDE Ending the Cold War

What were the effects of Ronald Reagan’s and George H.W. Bush’s foreign policy actions?

• Dissenters are thrown in prison or sent to labor Key Content Terms camps. As you complete the Reading Notes, use these • The government owns all businesses and decides Key Content Terms in your answers: what will be made and sold and for what price. • Elections are controlled by the ruling political party. Strategic Defense Iran-Contra Affair Opposition candidates are rarely permitted. Initiative (SDI) nuclear freeze Reagan Doctrine movement In your notebook, list any of the following actions that Sandinistas Intermediate-Range you believe the United States would be justified in tak- Contras Nuclear Forces ing if it meant preventing a nation from falling under Palestine Liberation Treaty (INF Treaty) the influence of Country X. For each action you list, Organization (PLO) Persian Gulf War give one reason to support your choice. • Send anti–Country X propaganda to other nations. • Withdraw aid from any nation that openly supports PREVIEW Country X.

Examine the list about life in Country X. This mythical • Send spies to Country X to learn which nations they country wants to spread its philosophy about promot- plan to take over next. ing equality for all citizens to other nations. Nations • Increase defense spending to prepare for a possible that adopt or are forced to adopt this philosophy will military conflict with Country X or its supporters. also adopt other aspects of life in Country X. • Provide military training and arms to help nations resist a takeover by Country X. Life in Country X • Send U.S. troops to nations in danger of being taken • The overarching philosophy of the government of over by Country X. Country X is the belief in equality for all citizens. • Secretly rig an election to guarantee that candidates • The government of Country X guarantees all citi- who support Country X are not elected. zens a job and a place to live. It also guarantees all • Assassinate leaders of nations who support Country citizens education and health care. X. • The press and media of Country X are controlled by • Threaten military action against nations who align the state. with Country X. • Citizens are not free to leave Country X at their own will.

Word Banks READING NOTES Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Sections 1 to 6 Treaty), nuclear freeze movement, summit meeting After reading each of these sections, do the following: perestroika, glasnost, rationing • Decide which photograph(s) relate to what you just read. Cut out those photographs 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 photograph represents. In each summary, missile shield, Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) include all of the terms from one of the Word Banks to the right. Use each set of terms only once. Persian Gulf War, UN-sponsored coalition • For each photograph, answer this question: What were the effects of Ronald Reagan’s or George H.W. Bush’s foreign policy actions illustrated in this terrorists, hostages, Iran-Contra Affair photograph? Explain your answer. Consider wheth- er the effects of each policy were positive Reagan Doctrine, Sandinistas, Contras or negative.

Eastern Europe, Berlin Wall, communism

Summarize the Tape the event here. PROCESSING photograph here. In this lesson, you learned about the actions Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush took to contain communism and end the Cold War. These actions affected Answer the question here. the U.S. economy, the country’s standing in the world

Summarize the community, the safety of the nation’s and the world’s event here. citizens, and American ideals. Tape the photograph Do online research to find a photograph relating to here. the end of the Cold War. The photograph can be of an event you have already learned about in this lesson, but

Answer the question here. it should not be a duplicate of a photograph you have already examined. Conduct research to learn more about the event shown in the photograph and write a two paragraph response. Your response should answer the following questions: • What is happening in the photograph? • Who are the people in the photograph? • How does the photograph relate to Reagan’s or Bush’s foreign policy actions? • Were the effects of the policy mostly positive or negative?