The Second Cold War
This term is used to describe the period of increased tension between the USA and USSR from roughly 1980-1985.
What is the Second Cold War
This former actor became US President in 1981.
Who was Ronald Reagan
The initials of Reagan's missile defence program.
What was SDI (Strategic Defence Initiative)
The country that became the centre of anti-communist resistance in Eastern Europe during the early 1980s.
What is Poland
This Soviet leader died in November 1982 after a long period in power.
Who is Leonid Brezhnev
This policy of improved relations between the USA and USSR was largely abandoned by Reagan.
What is detente?
Reagan described the Soviet Union with this famous phrase in a 1983 speech.
What is the Evil Empire
The nickname given by the media to the Strategic Defence Initiative.
What is Star Wars
Karol Wojtyła became this religious leader in 1978.
Who is Pope John Paul II
The two Soviet leaders who ruled briefly between Brezhnev and Gorbachev.
Who were Andropov and Chernenko
Many Americans believed this Soviet action on Christmas Day 1979 showed détente had failed.
What was the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
Reagan's foreign policy aimed at reversing communist influence rather than simply preventing expansion.
What is rollback
Reagan wanted to challenge this Cold War doctrine based on nuclear retaliation.
What is Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD)
The independent trade union founded in 1980 that challenged communist rule.
What is Solidarity
This Polish leader imposed martial law in December 1981 to crush Solidarity.
Who is General Wojciech Jaruzelski?
These agreements sought to protect human rights and inspired dissidents behind the Iron Curtain.
What were the Helsinki Accords
The name given to Reagan's anti-communist foreign policy strategy.
What is the Reagan Doctrine
SDI aimed to do this to Soviet ballistic missiles before they reached their targets.
What is intercept and destroy them
The electrician who led Solidarity and later became President of Poland.
Who is Lech Walesa
According to the summary, this Soviet leader widened the cracks in the communist system after 1985.
Who was Mikhail Gorbachev
Reagan believed this long-standing US Cold War strategy had failed to stop the spread of communism.
What is containment
This British Prime Minister praised the Reagan Doctrine as a rejection of both containment and détente.
Who was Margaret Thatcher
Reagan hoped SDI would pressure the USSR by exploiting this major Soviet weakness.
What is the weak Soviet economy
Within a year of its formation, Solidarity had approximately this many members.
What is 10 million members
This term describes a government dominated by elderly leaders and was often used for the Soviet leadership in the early 1980s.
What is gerontocracy