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Standards Index: KC-8.1.I.E

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Cold War competition extended to Latin America, where the United States supported non-Communist regimes that had varying levels of commitment to democracy.

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Reagan: Foreign Policy and a Story from Central America (El Salvador)

Students will learn how President Reagan’s administration, trying to stop Soviet communist influence around the world, supported authoritarian regimes, and the impact that had in El Salvador and in the U.S. then and now.