WORLD HISTORY

INTER WAR YEARS 1919 TO 1939

COLLAPSE OF THE SOVIET UNION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How did Ronald Reagan and President George Bush help to end the Cold War?
A
they talked peacefully to the Soviets
B
They helped tear down the Berlin Wall
C
they signed a peace treaty to end the arms race with the Soviets
D
they sent troops to end the war
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -End of the Cold War. Reagan relaxed his aggressive rhetoric toward the Soviet Union after Gorbachev became General Secretary of the Soviet Politburo in 1985, and took on a position of negotiating.

Detailed explanation-2: -1987: On December 8th, Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev signed the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. The treaty was the first in which the United States and Soviet Union agreed to eliminate a weapons class and reduce the number of weapons in their nuclear stockpile.

Detailed explanation-3: -His uncompromising anti-comm rhetoric added a moral dimension to the war. He helped expose the economic and moral weaknesses of comm (along with Gorbs policies and Helsinki this meant a lot). How did Reagan end the Cold War? His rearmament programme.

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