President Jimmy Carter
- He pardoned all of the Vietnam draft dodgers who fled the country
- Afghanistan was invaded by the Soviet Union during his presidency
- Boycotted the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow due to the invasion
- Iran hostage crisis: For 444 days Iran took 52 Americans hostage. The was a new anti US government that had over thrown the previous government. We attempted to rescue them in a mission called Eagle Claw, which was a miserable failure.
Ronald Regan
- Ran against Jimmy Carter in 1980. He beat Carter by nearly 400 electoral votes. It was a blow out because of what Carter had done previously and the reputation he had earned.
- In the 1984 election Reagan won again and it was also a huge blow out. During this election the first female was nominated as a vice presidential candidate.
- Assassination attempt by John Hinckley Jr.
- Was know for spending a lot of money on the military
- Opposed detente
- Ordered a massive military buildup in an arms race with the USSR
- Reagan and Mikhail deserve a lot of the credit for bringing an end to the cold war. They had numerous meetings together.
- Mikhail was loved everywhere else except in his own country
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