On September 14‚ 1986‚ President Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan delivered their “Just Say No” address to the nation. Reagan warned parents against drug dealers who were “plot[ting]...to steal our children’s lives.” This speech came after several years of President Reagan’s administration’s War on Drugs that utilized the media and congressional and military action to reduce drug use. His administration created a “national crusade” that treated drug use as an attack on society that required
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Comparative Analysis of Woodrow Wilson vs. Ronald Reagan Two American Presidents‚ both very influential in their time and both having had a great impact on history are Ronald Reagan and Woodrow Wilson. Both Presidents were advocates of peace even though they would not have hesitated to enter into a war if war was needed to insure the safety of the United States and Democracy as a whole. By use of small wars and political pressures both Reagan and Wilson‚ with the exception of Wilsons entering
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Ronald Reagan was elected the 40th President of the United States on November 4‚ 1980. Reagan dominated the primary elections for the Republican Party. George Bush was Reagan’s running mate‚ and the two men campaigned on a platform promising a balanced budget‚ steep tax cuts‚ increased defense spending‚ and a constitutional amendment to band abortion. Reagan charged that the country’s military had been allowed to deteriorate badly because of the Democrats. Reagan is known for his national television
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On Friday October 16‚ 1981‚ President Ronald Reagan wrote in his personal diary‚ “Central America is really the world’s next hotspot. Nicaragua is an armed camp supplied by Cuba and threatening a communist takeover of all of Central America.” (The Reagan Diaries‚ 2007) For the next eight years as Commander-in-Chief‚ this mindset would shape his perspective on the small Third World country about the size of North Carolina. The Administration’s policies‚ actions‚ and attitudes toward Nicaragua and
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1980’s Government and Politics The Reagan Decade. In American politics the 1980s were the decade of Ronald Reagan‚ who was elected president in 1980 and succeeded by his vice president‚ George Bush‚ in 1989. Reagan’s vision of the nation—and to a somewhat lesser extent his conservative agenda—shaped the economic and political fortunes of the United States for most of the 1980s. Malaise. As the decade began‚ Americans were struggling with an image of a country that was no longer the most powerful
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Lyndon B. Johnson and Ronald Reagan were both highly influential men in American history. They both had the ability to connect to people and make them believe what they believe in. Even though they both were from the Democratic Party at this time‚ they had different views on what our society should be like. Lyndon B. Johnson was an advocate for having a “Great Society”. However Ronald Reagan‚ who has been a Democrat his entire life‚ decided to go a different route and advocate for Barry Goldwater
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Reagan Was Overrated Hist/145 October 26‚ 2014 Mr.BurnetteReagan Was Overrated In my opinion‚ Reagan was overrated. I didn’t despise him but I certainly felt like he was a clown. That doesn’t sound very respectful but I respect the office of the president but it was very hard to respect him. I thought he was an actor who accidentally fell into the job of president. He was an actor so he was convincing. I don’t feel that he had enough experience to govern this country and that a lot of things
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as president play a direct role in the choices they make. Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan were not only two of the most important presidents of the 20th Century‚ but were also very much needed as they instilled great amounts of optimism within the country. They both dealt with a wide range of issues‚ some of which they handled differently due to their perspectives. Ronald Reagan and Franklin Delano Roosevelt entered the office at a time when the nation was in turmoil and
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Ronald Reagan Reagan began his political career as a Democrat. However‚ in the early 1950s‚ as his relationship with Republican actress Nancy Davis grew‚he shifted to the right and‚ while remaining a Democrat‚ endorsed the presidential candidacies of Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952 and 1956 as well as Richard Nixon in 1960.The last time Reagan actively supported a Democratic candidate was in 1950 when he helped Helen Gahagan Douglas in her unsuccessful Senate campaign against Richard Nixon. After being
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There are so many people who have influenced my life‚ but the person that stands out the most is my grandmother. I call her my Nee because I couldn’t say “Grandma” when I started talking. She always is a happy person every time I see her; she always tries to make herself a better person no matter what. I look up to her every day‚ and I want to grow up and be respected like she is. She has influenced me by her actions to respect elders‚ respect my parents‚ and the most important one is to always have
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