How Did Ronald Reagan Contribute To The Downfall Of The Soviet Union

Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan was the 40th president of the United States who ran a total of 2 terms from 1981 to 1989. He is well known for being one of the oldest serving presidents, and also having a great impact on the Cold War towards the end. This is what Ronald Reagan did, and how he continued with the downfall of the Soviet Union. In the beginning, Ronald Reagan was originally a politician where he served as California's 33rd governor from 1967-1975. He was even an actor earlier on in his career, where he was the president of the Screen Actors Guild. When Ronald Reagan started in his political campaign to run for office, he was originally a Democrat, however he later switched to being a Republican. Only two months after Reagan entered office, there was an assassination attempt made by John Warnock Hinckley to kill the president while he was walking to his vehicle. Along with all other
military budget by over 30 percent, which was well over billions of dollars. This meant that the United States knew they could attack the Soviet Union at any second if they wanted or needed to. Ronald Reagan is also well known for making his Berlin Wall speech, where in West Berlin he told them that they needed to “Tear down this wall” which is where the famous quote came from. The Berlin Wall was slowly destroying Europe by not only cutting a country in half, but also by cutting civilization apart. It would be necessary for it to be removed by the Soviet Union to end the Cold War. To continue, in 1988, President Reagan created the INF treaty, which stands for Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces. This treaty banned the United States and Soviet Union from using nuclear weapons at or against each other, causing the possibility of nuclear warfare to drop. This was a major part in ending the war, and it also helped with the safety of both countries'