1. Chapter 28: The Conservative Resurgence Section 3: The End of the Cold War

2. Reagan Builds Up Military Largest peacetime buildup in U.S. history. Reagan felt USSR could not keep up. Strategic Defense Initiative: proposed land and space based lasers to destroy missiles.

3. Reagan Aids Anticommunists Trained Mujahadeen: anti-USSR rebels in Afghanistan. Funded Contras: anti-communist rebels in Nicaragua to Overthrow Sandinistas. Invasion of Grenada: keep from becoming communist and protect U.S. medical students. U.S. supported govt in El Salvador despite human rights violations.

4. Caribbean Map

5. Soviet Union

6. Mikhail Gorbachev Reforms USSR Met with Reagan 4 times between 1985- 1989. Glasnost: “a new openness.” Perestroika: Reform.

7. Cold War Ends 1987: “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” Berlin Wall falls: 1989. German reunification: 1990. Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Romania: 1989. Albania: 1990. Yugoslavia: 1991. End of USSR: 1991.

8. Boris Yeltzin

9. Problems in the Middle East U.S. soldiers bombed in Beirut: 1983. 142 killed. Libya: U.S. claims Muammar al-Qaddafi supported terrorism.

11. Iran-Contra Affair (1985-1987) “Arms for hostages”. – Iran promises to pressure terrorist groups in Lebanon to release U.S. hostages. U.S. used money to fund Contras. – Banned in 1983.

12. Reagan accepted responsibility but never admitted being aware. 14 indictments. 11 convictions. – Some appealed, some pardond by H.W. Bush. Oliver North: National Security Council. – Gave money to Contras.