Ronald Reagan

Arms Race of the 1980s

Background

• ( February 6 1911- June 5 2004)• 40th President and 33rd Governor of California • Was a broadcaster and television and film

actor before he became interested in politics• Second of two sons• Has saved 77 people from drowning when we

worked as a lifeguard for seven years• Married Nancy in 1952

Gorbachev

• Reagan and Gorbachev worked towards ending the Cold War.

- Before and after their friendly relationship conflicts did arise.

* Reagan didn’t trust the Soviet Union• In 1987 they both signed the INF treaty to

reduce the number of nuclear weapons

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