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Ronald Reagan
Jeremias melendez & Miralben ahir
Jose Palacio
The lincoln academy |
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Introduction
Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was an
American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the
United States from 1981 to 1989. He was a member of the Republican
Party; his presidency constituted the Reagan era, and he is considered
one of the most prominent conservative figures in American history.
Ronald Reagan
Reagan graduated from Eureka College in 1932 and began to work as
a sports broadcaster in Iowa. He moved to California in 1937, and
became a well-known film actor there. Reagan twice served as the
president of the Screen Actors Guild from 1947 to 1952 and from 1959
to 1960. During the 1950s, he worked in television and spoke for
General Electric. Reagan's "A Time for Choosing" speech during the
1964 presidential campaign elevated him as a new conservative figure.
He was elected governor of California in 1966. During his
governorship, he raised taxes, turned the state budget deficit into a
surplus, and cracked down harshly on university protests. After
challenging and losing to incumbent president Gerald Ford in the 1976
Republican presidential primaries, Reagan won the Republican
nomination and then a landslide victory over incumbent Democratic
president Jimmy Carter in the 1980 presidential election.
In his first term, Reagan implemented "Reaganomics", which involved
economic deregulation and cuts in both taxes and government
spending during a period of stagflation. He escalated an arms race and
transitioned Cold War policy away from détente with the Soviet Union.
Reagan also ordered the invasion of Grenada in 1983. Additionally, he
survived an assassination attempt, fought public-sector labor unions,
expanded the war on drugs, and was slow to respond to the AIDS
epidemic in the United States, which began early in his presidency. In
the 1984 presidential election, he defeated Carter's vice president
Walter Mondale in another landslide victory. Foreign affairs dominated
Reagan's second term, including the 1986 bombing of Libya, the Iran–
Iraq War, the secret and illegal sale of arms to Iran to fund the Contras,
and a more conciliatory approach in talks with Soviet leader Mikhail
Gorbachev that culminated in the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces
Treaty.
Reagan left the presidency in 1989 with the American economy having
seen a significant reduction of inflation, the unemployment rate having
fallen, and the United States having entered its then-longest peacetime
expansion. At the same time, the national debt had nearly tripled since
1981 as a result of his cuts in taxes and increased military spending,
despite cuts to domestic discretionary spending. Reagan's policies also
contributed to the end of the Cold War and the end of Soviet
communism. Alzheimer's disease hindered Reagan post-presidency,
and his physical and mental capacities rapidly deteriorated, ultimately
leading to his death in 2004. Historians and scholars have typically
ranked him among the middle to upper tier of American presidents, and
his post-presidential approval ratings by the general public
are usually high.
Conclusion
Ronald Reagan's legacy as the 40th President of the United States is
characterized by his unwavering commitment to conservative
principles, his leadership during the Cold War, and his lasting impact
on American politics and society.
