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1980’s Foreign Policy

1980’s Foreign Policy. 66 US citizens held captive in the US Embassy in Tehran 52 were kept there for over a year (444 days) Islamic student extremists were holding them captive Ended in the signing of the Algiers Accords the day Ronald Reagan was sworn into office (January 19, 1981).

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1980’s Foreign Policy

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  1. 1980’s Foreign Policy

  2. 66 US citizens held captive in the US Embassy in Tehran • 52 were kept there for over a year (444 days) • Islamic student extremists were holding them captive • Ended in the signing of the Algiers Accords the day Ronald Reagan was sworn into office (January 19, 1981) Iranian Hostage Crisis

  3. Lebanon • Briefly Occupied • Got PLO terrorists • Lost 239 marines • Granada • Stopped communist Rebellion • Libya • Muhammar Khadafi • Public Enemy #1 • El Salvador • Stopped Rebellion • Nicaragua • US funds rightist rebels against communist Sandinistas • “Boland Amendment” • Banned direct military aid to Nicaragua • Iran • Ayatollah Khomeini overthrew Shah • America became enemy • Funded terrorists like Bin Laden • No one took Responsibility Proxy Wars

  4. Satellite missile defense system • Protect from nuclear ballistic missiles • Uses lasers • Stops missiles before they enter US airspace • Broke technology boundaries • No one even dreamed of anything like that before then • Solidified US position as World Power Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars)

  5. End of the Cold War • Arms race crippled Soviet economy • Détente policy • Welcomed Capitalism • Ended “Star Wars” • INF treaty • Removed missiles from Europe • “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down that wall” • Famously said by Reagan • Berlin Wall Reference Fall of the Berlin Wall

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