President Ronald Reagan was in office at this time and accomplished a lot during his time. He ended the Cold War by pushing for the Berlin war to come down and the border between east and west Berlin. He was also responsible for cutting taxes and making the economy boom once again. Reagan was said to have obtained peace and strength throughout his entire presidency. He was also very optimistic and said that is was “Morning in America,” symbolizing that it was a new beginning in America. He was a very influential individual that has helped out country tremendously in multiple times if crisis and worry. …show more content…
Reagan was beginning to discuss scenarios involving nuclear warfare and how to protect the states if nuclear warfare were to occur. The United States was constantly taking a beating from other countries for not being able to defeat the Viet Cong or confront other third world countries, even though we were known as the greatest power on Earth. At this time, the Iran-Iraq war was also going on and Reagan was giving aid to Iraq. America sided with Iraq, so then it was not overran by Iran. America’s help with arm and technology helped Iraq power through the fight, overcome their struggles and eventually