During the 80’s, three presidents served in office. Jimmy Carter’s last year was 1981. After him was a very popular president, Ronald Reagan, who was in office for two terms. Once Reagan’s administration was finished, George H. W. Bush was the next president. A popular war occurred during the 80’s, the Cold War. During the battle between the Soviet Union and United Nations, a barrier was created on the border between West and East Germany, known as the Berlin Wall. This wall was a huge disaster which was finally torn down thanks to a famous speech made by Ronald Reagan. The “Tear Down This Wall” speech was aimed towards Gorbachev, who was the last dictator of the Soviet Union. Eventually, the Berlin Wall was torn down and families were reunited. Putting aside Ronald Reagan, there were other political leaders as well. For example, the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Margaret Thatcher. This woman leads the conservative party in Britain. Thatcher wanted citizen owned companies …show more content…
In this decade, they would use words or phrases such as gnarly, tubular, Grody, rad, bogus, gag me with a spoon, or bite me. The American diet was a sloppy joe, Jell-O pudding pops, Lean Cuisines, Doritos, jawbreakers, Tri-color pasta salad, Capri Sun, and fruit snacks. The clothing in this decade for the women consists of shoulder pads, leg warmers, huge earrings, and bright colors. The hairstyles were half-ponies, crimped or permed, teased hair, a side high pony, or some hair pulled back with ribbon barrettes. Scrunchies were also a big accessory to go along with the big hair, too. Popular clothing in the 1980’s for men was mainly just leather jackets, worn out jeans, and sneakers. The main hairstyle is long hair, such as a mullet. Also, a big part of the 80’s included many Americans developing HIV and/or AIDS. These were severe diseases which could spread and kill quickly, especially if not
President Ronald Reagan wanted to tear down the Berlin Wall. While he was in Berlin, he wondered why there was a wall and thought there was no reason to have it. In Germany around the late 1980’s, Berlin was divided in half by a wall; the Eastern half was communist and not good while the Western half was flourishing and much better than the Eastern. The wall was built during the early years of the Cold War in 1961(Google.com). Reagan then said if the wall was no longer standing, there would be freedom for all mankind. The wall is like a sign from the past and it is holding people back. He wanted the Soviets themselves, to understand the importance of freedom.
On June 12, 1987, President Ronald Reagan went to the Brandenburg Gate to deliver one of the most influential speeches to the people of West Berlin. The Berlin Wall, was built to separate West Berlin from the communist ruled East Berlin. During the time that this wall was built the U.S. was involved, but were never able to make that big of an impact, until about 24 years later when Reagan was in office. He was able to effectively influence his audience by using ethos with his known credibility as the President of the United States, using strong a strong emotional appeal to influence the audience, touches on counterclaims from leaders
Ronald Reagan one of the most famous republican presidents of modern history shaped American politics heavily. In 1981, he worked with congress to reduce the top tax rate from seventy percent to fifty percent and lowered the overall marginal tax rate by twenty three percent. In 1986 he helped pass the Tax Reform Act, which lowered the top income tax to twenty eight percent. He also implemented trickle down economics and was anti labor unions. He also ended the Cold War with increase in defense spending, which led the US and the USSR into an arms race then the USSR going bankrupt. He also led the Nuclear Freeze Movement which was trying to abolish nuclear weapons. Reagan was the first president to appoint a female Supreme Court justice, Sandra Day O'Connor.
• President Reagan took a tougher approach towards the Soviets, including the planning of a massive satellite defense system known as Star Wars. The Soviets tried to keep up, but their economy collapsed, and so did their control. In 1989 (when George H.W. Bush was President), the Berlin Wall fell, ending the Cold
During the presidencies of liberals, like Franklin D. Roosevelt and Lyndon B. Johnson, there were a number of government assistance program programs put in place to benefit the people and help the government regulate society. However, many of these program where dismantled in the 1980s and 1990s. Due to the work of President Reagan, President Bush Sr., and President Bush Jr., they were able to cut back the role of the federal government, and supported labor unions and regulatory structures.
The Cold War was the name given to the relationship between the U.S.S.R. and U.S.A. after the end of World War II. Germany was the representation of the war, and therefore, it became the most disputed country. The Berlin Wall was built in 1961 during the Cold War. During late 1950s and early 1960s, the socialist government decided to build a fence across the city border and restrict access to the Western area. Over time, this fence became a brick wall, completely cutting off access to the west, leaving family and friends separated for almost 30 years. The Berlin Wall marked the different ideologies between the different systems of governments, how they functioned, and the meaning to the people.
On November 9, 1989 the Berlin wall came crumbling down. For 28 years the wall did nothing but make everyone's life worse. However, when the wall fell everyone’s lives were about to be impacted for the better. Families were reunited, friends saw each other again, and peace was restored. The fall of the wall marked the winding down of the Cold War, and started a new age where communism would cease to exist. Much of the credit was being given to Ronald Reagan, who had visited the wall just a few years earlier. When Reagan gave his “Tear down this wall” speech, no one could’ve predicted, that it would lead to the tearing down of the Berlin Wall, and the eventual end of the cold war. Although as a result all communist governments in Eastern Europe had come to an end, would be replaced by “democratically elected governments”. With all this, there was a glimpse of peace and a time of rejoicing for all of the world. ("Fall of
In Reagan’s second term, he had a diplomatic relationship with the reform- minded Mikhail Gorbachev, the new leader of the soviet union in 1985. In 1987, they signed an agreement to eliminate intermediate range nuclear missiles. The same year Reagan spoke at the Berlin wall, a symbol of communism, and challenged Gorbachev to remove the wall. Gorbachev allowed the people of berlin to dismantle the wall Twenty-nine months later.
The person I choose for this topic is Ronald Reagan, he is a big part on how the Cold War ended. Russia, as everyone knows, has always been competitive with the U.S.A, the two countries always go back and forth with each other to be the first at everything. Now the Berlin Wall had been there for some time, ever since 1961. The communist government of Eastern Germany created the wall because they wanted to prevent disaffected people who were trying to fleeing to the West. But with this little did they know the trouble it would cause for the future. There were four powers during the time, Russia, France, Britain, and the United States. Berlin was in the Russian sector, but because the powers were only split amongst four countries it became a
Mikhail Gorbachev is a foreign leader who worked with Reagan and also wanted to eliminate communism. If the Soviet Union collapsed, then all influences of communism would stop, which is what Reagan and Gorbachev wanted (Marsico, 84). The nation as a whole agreed that they did not want communism to spread beyond the borders of East Germany and seep into their culture. During the span of 1985-1988 five meetings between the Americans and the Communists negotiated issues of diplomacy. By the early 1980’s the Soviets had built up weaponry which was almost comparable to America’s weaponry, but as the decade went on the Soviets were unable to keep up (Marsico, 84). This inferiority pleased the American people. By 1991 the cold war had concluded. on June 12, 1987, Reagan asked Gorbachev helped to eliminate the oppressive influence that communism had outside of the soviet union (Marsico 85-86). He wanted to stop the influences so that communism would not spread any further than it already had. Standing beside the berlin wall, which separated East and West Germany, Reagan gave a speech which reminded every one of the differences between the two sides. General Secretary Gorbachev” Reagan challenged him, “if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the soviet union and eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization, come here to this gate. Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate, Mr. Gorbachev, Tear down this wall!”
The President of the United States during the 1980s was Ronald Reagan. The liberals were known as “Reagan Democrats”. The most significant event that happened under President Reagan was the Berlin wall being torn down. The wall being torn down was significant because of the end of communism. Reagan wanted to improve America.
On June 12, 1987 President Ronald Reagan gave his speech “Tear Down this Wall,” in Brandenburg Gate West Berlin Reagan begins by discussing the purpose of the Berlin Wall and how the Communists in August of 1961 built it to keep the Germans from escaping Communist-dominated East Berlin into Democratic West Berlin, that this wall was more than just a wall; it was a stark symbol of decades of a Cold War between the United States and Soviet Russia only to stop short of actual warfare. By giving this speech Reagan had intended to rally the people of West Berlin so the people would accept the western democracy and oppose the Berlin Wall. Due to Reagan being president the words he said had so much impact, he was able to use these appeals towards the German people and provide a very convincing argument.
Ronald Reagan was born on February 6, 1911 in Tampico, Illinois (Huckshorn 1). He was born in a small apartment above the Pitney General Store (Life Before 1). John Edward Reagan (his father) was a shoe salesman that was an alcoholic. The first time he saw his son he said, "For such a little bit of a fat Dutchman, he makes a hell of a lot of noise, doesn 't he" (Life Before 1). This led to his nickname, "Dutch."
Ronald Reagan was a former governor of California, a Hollywood Actor and now incumbent president. As governor of California he had championed conservative politics going to battle with the state’s Democrats whom controlled both houses of the legislature (Diggins 152). Reagan’s
11/9/89: The Berlin Wall for many years served as a barrier between West Berlin and East Germany. It prevented a global view of the future as well by forcing the population of East Germany to be totally secluded from the rest of the world. The fall of the Berlin wall on 11/9/89 changed everything. Not only did this weaken communism, it tipped the balance of power across the world towards democratic advocacy, consensual governance and a free-market economy. The effect was