Ronald Reagan Reagan’s Life As A Child: Ronald Wilson Reagan was born on February 6‚ 1911. His family was very poor. He lived with his mom Nelle Reagan and his Father Jack Reagan. Ronald also had a brother named Neil Reagan. They lived in Dixon Illinois in a small apartment. The first school he attended was Silas Willard Elementary School. When he got older he started to act in many school plays. In 1928‚ Reagan attended Eureka college. There he played a variety of sports including football
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race included‚ Ronald Reagan’s failed idea of “star wars” and the United nations space station. Ronald Reagan was a very important influence of the Cold War. Ronald Reagan was born February 6‚ 1911 in Tampico‚ IL. He served in the United States Air Force for eight years during WWII. Ronald Reagan was also an actor before becoming politically affiliated‚ and starred in several hit movies. Ronald Reagan served as California’s State governor of California for 2 terms. As president‚ Reagan negotiated
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historical. Ronald Reagan was a popular president and he was considered a very good speaker. His Address to the Nation on Challenger is one of his better and well known speeches‚ the speech addressed the nation during a time of agony. This speech was given instead of the planned state of the union speech given annually by presidents. On January 28th 1986 a space shuttle took off on the coast of Florida and it
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in five minutes.” Ronald Reagan during a microphone check‚ unaware that he was on air. (NPR Audio‚ NPR.org) The Russians were not pleased‚ to say the least. In some of the darkest days of the Cold War‚ in 1984‚ no world leader was smiling. The world was on the brink nuclear annihilation. To show humor was a sign of weakness. However‚ in all the darkness that surrounded the world at this time‚ one man’s bright smile and wit shined through; Ronald Reagan. Ronald Wilson Reagan was born in 1911
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Rhetorical Analysis In the early spring of 1986‚ The Challenger was scheduled to launch in the morning from the Kennedy Space Center. The Challenger had seven passengers. One of these passengers was a Christa McAuliffe‚ a social studies teacher from New Hampshire. She was the first ordinary citizen to be going to space. The social studies teacher had won the opportunity through NASA’s Teachers in space program. The spacecraft was in the air only seventy-three seconds before it exploded and broke
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looked up to by children and adults alike as people who accomplished great feats. Ronald Reagan was someone who achieved something so great that only 43 other people have achieved‚ he became the president of the United States of America. Ronald Wilson Reagan was born to Jack and Nelle Reagan on Febuary 6‚ 1911‚ in Tampico‚ Illinois. After living in a series of towns the Reagans settled in Dixon‚ Illinois(Ronald Reagan Biography). He attended Dixon High School and graduated from Eureka College with
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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. People lost
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Cannon‚ Lou. Reagan. New York: Putnam‚ 1982. Lou Cannon has covered Ronald Reagan for thirty-six years‚ first as a reporter for the San Jose Mercury News‚ later as the White House correspondent for the Washington Post. He began with covering Reagan’s first campaign for governor of California in 1966 and continued until Reagan’s recent death in 2004. His other books on Reagan include Ronnie and Jesse: A Political Odyssey‚ Ronald Reagan: The Presidential Portfolio‚ President Reagan: The Role of
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research project‚ I chose Ronald Reagan‚ the 40th president. I chose Ronald Reagan as my person because he seemed like someone that has accomplished a lot in his life. He served two terms as president of the United States. He was a governor of California. He was a Hollywood actor. He acted in 53 films in his total acting career in Hollywood. Ronald Reagan was crucial to the state of life that we have today‚ because he was a president‚ governor‚ and a Hollywood actor. Ronald Reagan was a president‚ governor
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Ronald Reagan A. Ronald Reagan was the 40th President of the United States. He was first elected to be the Governor of California in 1966‚ and served two consecutive terms. At the 1968 and 1974 Republican National Conventions‚ he was considered a possible Presidential candidate. He won the Republican nomination in 1980‚ where he then ran against incumbent President Jimmy Carter in the election. (About History) This was about the time of the end of the Cold War‚ the Hostage crisis
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