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Republican
Democrat
Independent
Other candidates
Party
Reagan
Carter
Anderson
Candidate
Electoral Vote
(Share)
489 (91%)
49 (9%)
Popular Vote
(Share)
43,901,812 (51%)
35,483,820 (41%)
5,720,437 (7%)
1,155,593 (1%)
THE UNITED STATES IN THE CARIBBEAN AND CENTRAL
AMERICA, 1954–2004
As in the first part of the twentieth century, the United States intervened frequently in Caribbean
and Central American countries during and immediately after the Cold War.
eventually were convicted of perjury or destroying documents, or pleaded
guilty before being tried. Reagan denied knowledge of the illegal proceedings,
but the Iran- Contra affair undermined confidence that he controlled his own
administration.
Reagan and Gorbachev
In his second term, to the surprise of both his foes and supporters, Reagan soft-
ened his anticommunist rhetoric and established good relations with Soviet
premier Mikhail Gorbachev. Gorbachev had come to power in 1985, bent on
reforming the Soviet Union’s repressive political system and reinvigorating its
economy. The country had fallen further and further behind the United States
in the production and distribution of consumer goods, and it relied increas-
ingly on agricultural imports to feed itself. Gorbachev inaugurated policies
known as glasnost (political openness) and perestroika (economic reform).
How did the Reagan presidency affect American aims at home and abroad?