INTERNATIONAL TRADE
What does IMF stand for?
the International Monetary Fund
What is Geopolitics
WHO IS REAGAN
FORMER POTUS
What is the Bracero Program?
The Bracero program was an agreement. between the U.S. and Mexican governments that permitted Mexican citizens to take temporary agricultural work in the United States.
What is NATO?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
What main political ideology caused an issue in geopolitics during the cold war era?
Communism
WHAT HIS RESPONSE TO COMMUNISM?
HE WAS AGAINST IT
Did the Bracero Program last after world war 2 and into the cold war era?
YES!
What is SEATO?
South East Asian Treaty Organization
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union in 1991?
Mikhail Gorbachev
WHAT WAS THE NAME FOR THE POLICIES CREATED BY REAGAN IN ORDER TO COMBAT COMMUNISM?
CONTAINMENT POLICIES
What does NAFTA stand for?
North American Free Trade Agreement
What is the main similarity between NATO and SEATO?
They both aimed to end communism and the spread of it.
What ultimately led to the end of the Soviet Union?
Reagan's foreign policies
What specific program did reagan advance?
Missiles and Military defense with the STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE (SDI)
What are the main issues that persist in U.S. and Mexico relations today?
Debates over border security, undocumented migration, and pathways to citizenship
What treaty was a predecessor of NATO and helped to combat the spread of communism and the Soviet Union?
The Treaty of Brussels was a mutual defense treaty against the Soviet threat at the start of the Cold War
How were the issues of geopolitics resolved by the Reagan administration?
Reagan advocated for military dominance and putting economic pressure on the Soviet Union
What was Reagan's program that he created alternatively called?
Star Wars
What was the purpose of NAFTA?
The goal of NAFTA is to eliminate all tariff and non-tariff barriers of trade and investment between the United States, Canada and Mexico.