Essay questions for test: Nixon, Regan, and Carter

1. The ending of the cold war was a significant event because it marked a point in history that showed the start of an era that would be not as focused on nuclear weapons.
Reagan did various things to help end the cold war. One of the notable things he did was meeting with the president of Russia to discuss the cold war.

2. The two scandals that went on from 1968-1988 were the Watergate Scandal and the Iran Contra Affair.
The Watergate Scandal was when Richard Nixon had 5 people break into the Democratic Headquarters at the Watergate Hotel to wire tap and spy on the Democratic Campaign.
The Iran Contra Affair was when Ronald Reagan sold weapons to Iran to pay for the release of the hostages in Lebanon. The scandal involved Col. Oliver North who did most of the weapons trading.
From what I can, the reason why they ended the way they did was because with Nixon it was mostly him doing the work as opposed to Reagan with the Iran Contra Affair which mostly involved Col. Oliver North.

3. With the Nixon-Reagan era, there were various events that were perceived good and bad at the time.