Question

List everything you currently know about the 1980s and the Reagan administration.

Answer 1

• President Ronald Reagan helped redefine the purpose of government and pressured Soviet Union to end the Cold War.
• In foreign affairs,Ronald Reagan's first term in office was marked by a massive build up US weapons and troops,as well as an escalation of the Cold War.
• Ronald Reagan took a bold foreign policy stance against the Soviet Union and communism in general.
• Ronald Reagan solidified the conservative agenda for decades after his presidency.
• Ronald Reagan cut taxes,increased defense spending,negotiated a nuclear arms reduction agreement with the Soviets and is credited with helping to bring a quicker end to the Cold War.

Answer 2

Ronald Reagan took office on January 20, 1981 as the 40th President of the United States and ended on January 20, 1989.

He was a Republican candidate who won by a landslide victory over Jimmy Carter, the incumbent Democratic.

He was succeeded by his vice President George H.W Bush.

His administration enacted a major tax cut in order to cu tnon-military spending

He eliminated federal regulations

He implemented economic policies know as Reaganomics

During his term in office there were budget deficits and the federal debt increased significantly

Reagan signed the Tax Reform Act of 1986

He implemented and anticommunist foreign policy

In his first term, Reagan introduced expansionary fiscal policies aimed at stimulating the American economy after a recession in 1981 and 1982, including oil deregulation policies which led to the 1980s oil glut.

He signed the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986