Reagen

On February 6, 1911, Ronald Reagan was born in Tampico, Illinois. His Family moved numerous of times in Illinois in order for his father, Jack Reagan, to find a sales job. In 1920, the Reagans finally settled in Dixon where Reagan considered his home town. He attended high school in nearby Dixon and then went onto Eureka College. There he studied Economics and Sociology; he also played on the football team and acted in school plays. After graduation, Reagan found work as a radio announcer in Davenport, Iowa, then later in Des Moines. A screens test in 1937 opened him a door in Hollywood where he appeared in fifty-three films. Then in 1966 he was elected governor of California and was re-elected in 1970. Ronald Reagan as president was successful at many of the roles he had as president. He successfully fulfilled the role as chief diplomat. He played a big role in contributing the end of the Cold War tensions between the U.S. and Russia, he was able to persuade and reach a compromise with Russia. He also signed the Nuclear Arms Agreement with China and the Nuclear Risk Reduction center treaty. Reagan also signed the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces, which was a treaty between the Soviet Union and the U.S. that eliminated nuclear weapons and missiles with intermediate ranges. So overall, Reagan was successful as a chief diplomat because he signed many treaties to make the world safer and more peaceful. Reagan effectively filled the role as chief executive. When Ronald Reagan took office in 1981, he inaugurated the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981. When it was inaugurated, the inflation of America was at 13.5%; by the end of his presidency in 1989, the inflation was at a sheer 5%. In signing this into law, unemployment rate had hit a record low. Reagan also signed the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement. President Reagan also vetoed more than 70 bills. http://reagan.civiced.org/lessons/president-reagan-commander-chief

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