Arms Race

The arms race was a race between the United States and the Soviet Union. Reagan called the Arms Race a race between the good and the evil, with the Soviet Union being the "Evil Empire." Reagan also portrayed the Soviet Union as a country that would not negotiate. The Soviet Union was putting way too much money into the military and they weren’t spending anything on daily essentials such as making soap or food. The workers that were in charge of making those resources were put to build arms for the military instead, making daily life in the Soviet Union during the Arms Race subpar.