America Ronald Reagan (February 6‚ 1911 – June 5‚ 2004) In Office (January 20‚ 1981 – January 20‚ 1989) Why did I choose Ronald Reagan as the topic of my president report? He is one of the very few great presidents America has ever seen. In his 8 years of his presidency‚ he freed prisoners held in Iran by previous president Jimmy Carter‚ lowered the unemployment rate‚ ended the Cold War‚ and the list goes on and on which proves my previous statements. Ronald Reagan was born in an apartment
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Introduction On Feb. 6‚ 1911 a child named Ronald Wilson Reagan was born in a small town‚ Tampico‚ Illinois. His parents are the late Nelle Wilson and John ("Jack") Reagan. Ronald grew up with one brother by the name of Neil ("Moon") Reagan. The Reagans moved quite a few times throughout Ronald’s childhood before settling down in Dixon Illinois. Although Reagan Majored in Sociology and Economics‚ his love was in entertainment. In 1936 he accepted a position with the radio station WHO in Des
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Reagan was born on February 6‚ 1911 in Tampico‚ Illinois. Ronald Wilson Reagan was the second child of John Reagan‚ who was a shoe salesman‚ and Nelle Reagan. Ronald Reagans family lived in poverty throughout his childhood. This was as a result of John Reagans struggle with alcoholism. His family was always on the move. For several years they moved from town to town in search of a permanent settlement. His family finally settled in Dixon‚ Illinois; where Reagan describes his childhood as the happiest
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facts that you didn’t know about Ronald Reagan in our part one article‚ and we have finally returned to completely blow your mind with part two! Whether you love or hate this former president‚ we promise that we have all the interesting facts that you will want to know about this man! Read on to discover the top eight facts about Ronald Reagan that our article has to offer! Number Eight: The Almost-Assassination Unless you lived through the presidency of Ronald Reagan‚ you probably don’t know much
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specifically‚ the eight-year span from 1981 to 1989‚ Ronald Reagan was elected into office and became the 40th president of the United States. “When Ronald Reagan took over the leadership of the United States in 1981‚ he inherited an economy that was in terrible shape‚ the worst American economy‚ in fact‚ since the Great Depression of the 1930s” (Shmoop Editorial Team 1). This was a significant election because it acted as a turning point for the nation. Reagan was the first republican president elected into
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Reagan desired to invest in the military‚ as explained above. But unfortunately a huge mistrust of government was present at the time due to the recent and disastrous loss vietnam war‚ “the U.S. also paid a high political cost for the Vietnam War. The long and traumatic conflict saw a mounting mistrust of government and its officials [...] On the eyes of American people‚ government leaders were no longer credible.The military‚ in particular‚ was discredited for years after the conflict.” (Alan Rohn
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frustrated the United States because it affected oil supplies. Consequently‚ President Ronald Reagan took action in response to the aggressive behavior of the Soviets by boycotting the 1980 Moscow Olympic games and placing an embargo on goods. In March of 1983‚ Reagan gave the speech titled “Evil Empire” to the National Association of Evangelicals and to Florida Congressional Delegates. In this speech‚ Reagan
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things. We learn from these experiences. When the Challenger exploded‚ President Reagan gracefully reminded our country of the importance of risk-taking by saying‚ “It’s all part of taking a chance and expanding man’s horizons. The future doesn’t belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the brave.” When we feel like we’ve failed‚ we sometimes want to give up in fear that we will get the same result. In 1986‚ Ronald Reagan knew very well that NASA’s mission to send the Challenger into space had failed
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He believes that the Left is the group that has “tried to stop the clock and even bring back evils civilization has left behind.” He blames the Left for all of the problems that the United States have been having as of late and says that Americans now look down on the liberals. Ronald Reagan’s presidency is just another strength of this new conservative rule that he is advocating. President Reagan is a conservative Christian and won over the support of others like him. One of his main goals
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CHAPTER 15 – RONALD REAGAN AND THE 1980s #1 Name ________________________________ Ronald Reagan & America in the 1980s I. America by 1980 A. By 1980‚ Americans were ready for new leadership 1. The disaster in Vietnam‚ hostage crisis in Iran‚ & new tensions with the USSR left many people feeling like the U.S. was losing its power in the world 2. Stagflation was growing worse & unemployment remained high 3. Johnson & Nixon made many people lose trust in gov’t‚ while Ford & Carter provided poor
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