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Birth
Tampico, Illinois, USA. -
Period: to
Cold War
Approximate -
First Elected to Governor of California
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Beginning of Presidency
Reagan Doctrine: Push back communism instead of simply preventing its spread.
First term - Arms race against Soviets
SDI - Strategic Defense Initiative
Supported anti-communist forces in Asia, the Americas, and Africa. -
Second Term
Reagan negotiates with Michael Gorbachev, Soviet reformer
Arms reduced on both sides
Cold War slows, and eventually ends. -
End of Presidency
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Fall of the Berlin Wall
Largely symbolic; unification of Berlin, as well as the end of the Cold War. -
Cold War Ends
The USSR is officially dissolved, ending the Cold War. -
Death
Sources Used for this Timeline:
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http://www.history.com/topics/ronald-reagan
http://history1900s.about.com/od/ronaldreagan/p/reagan.htm
http://governors.library.ca.gov/images/large/rreagan.jpg
http://history.state.gov/milestones/1981-1989/ReaganDoctrine
http://www.history.com/topics/berlin-wall
http://scrapetv.com/News/News Pages/Everyone Else/images-8/berlin-wall-falling.jpg
http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war
http://en.wikipedia.org/wik -
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War
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http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/ronaldreagan
http://www.history.com/topics/ronald-reagan
http://history1900s.about.com/od/ronaldreagan/p/reagan.htm
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