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Were the effects of President Reagan’s foreign policy actions
mostly positive or mostly negative?
K e y
C o n t e n t
T e r m s
• The government owns all businesses and decides
what will be made and sold and for what price.
As you complete the Reading Notes, use these
Key Content Terms in your answers:
• Elections are controlled by the ruling political party.
Opposition candidates are rarely permitted.
Strategic Defense
Initiative (SDI)
In your notebook, list any of the following actions that
you believe the United States would be justified in taking
if it meant preventing a nation from falling under the
influence of Country X. For each action you list, give
one reason to support your choice.
Iran-Contra Affair
nuclear freeze
movement
Reagan Doctrine
Sandinistas
Contras
Palestine Liberation
Organization (PLO)
Intermediate-Range
Nuclear Forces
Treaty (INF Treaty)
P R E V I E W
Examine the list about life in Country X. This mythical
country wants to spread its philosophy about promoting
equality for all citizens to other nations. Nations that
adopt or are forced to adopt this philosophy will also
adopt other aspects of life in Country X.
Life in Country X
• The overarching philosophy of the government of
Country X is the belief in equality for all citizens.
• The government of Country X guarantees all citizens
a job and a place to live. It also guarantees all citizens
education and health care.
• Send anti–Country X propaganda to other nations.
• Withdraw aid from any nation that openly supports
Country X.
• Send spies to Country X to learn which nations they
plan to take over next.
• Increase defense spending to prepare for a possible
military conflict with Country X or its supporters.
• Provide military training and arms to help nations
resist a takeover by Country X.
• Send U.S. troops to nations in danger of being taken
over by Country X.
• Secretly rig an election to guarantee that candidates
who support Country X are not elected.
• Assassinate leaders of nations who support Country X.
• Threaten military action against nations who align
with Country X.
• 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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N O T E S
INF Treaty, nuclear freeze movement, summit
meeting
Sections 57.2 to 57.5
After reading each of these sections, do the following:
• Decide which cartoon(s) relate to what you just read.
Cut out those cartoons and tape them into your notebook, one or two per page.
• 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.
Use each set of terms only once.
• For each cartoon, answer this question: Does this
cartoonist believe the effects of President Reagan’s
foreign policy actions were mostly negative or mostly
positive? Explain your answer. Also identify any
artistic devices the cartoonist used to communicate
his or her message.
military buildup, defense spending, nuclear
weapons
Soviet Union, nation-states, Cold War
missile shield, Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI),
Star Wars
peacekeeper, Palestine Liberation Organization
(PLO), suicide bombing
terrorists, hostages, Iran-Contra Affair
Reagan Doctrine, Sandinistas, Contras
Tape the
cartoon here.
Summarize the
event here.
Eastern Europe, Berlin Wall, communism
Answer the question
here.
Tape the
cartoon here.
Summarize the
event here.
Answer the question
here.
P R O C E S S I N G
In this chapter, you learned about the many actions
President Reagan took to contain communism and end the
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.
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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Steve Greenberg, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 1985
Steve Greenberg, Daily News of Los Angeles, 1983
Cartoon D
Cartoon C
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Cartoon B
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Cartoon A
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© Signe Wilkinson, 1982. All Rights Reserved.
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Cartoon G
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Steve Greenberg, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 1987
Cartoon F
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Cartoon E
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