Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan was the 40th President of the United States, serving from 1981 to 1989.
A former Hollywood actor and California governor, Reagan championed conservative policies—tax cuts, deregulation, and a strong military posture toward the Soviet Union.
His supporters credit him with reviving American confidence and hastening the Cold War's end; critics point to growing inequality and the Iran-Contra scandal.
Reagan Democrats describes working-class voters who crossed party lines to support him.
Reaganomics refers to his supply-side economic approach.
Supply-side fiscal philosophy
- tax cutsDecreased government assessments
- deregulationRemoving governmental business restrictions
- supply-sideProduction-centered economic theory
- free marketCommerce without state intervention
small government · trickle-down · deficit spending · Moral Majority · family values · anti-communism · Second Amendment · pro-life
Former communist superstate
- Berlin WallCold War partition
- Star Wars programSpace-based weapons proposal
- arms raceEscalating weapons accumulation between nations
- Iron CurtainCold War's political divide
Gorbachev · evil empire · nuclear deterrence · containment · perestroika · glasnost · NATO · KGB
President's formal workspace
- White HouseOfficial presidential residence
- inaugurationFormal beginning ceremony
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- assassination attemptEffort to kill a prominent figure
Iran-Contra · executive order · veto · State of the Union · Camp David · Marine One · Air Force One · Secret Service
California seat of government
- governorState's chief executive
- student protestsOrganized dissent by learners
- BerkeleyBay Area university city
- welfare reformPolicy changing public assistance
death penalty · statehouse · Golden State · Dixon · rancher · Santa Barbara · Pacific Palisades
American film industry center
- Screen Actors GuildEntertainment industry labor union
- Warner BrosMajor film studio
- B-moviesLow-budget films
- leading manPrincipal male actor
westerns · studio system · co-star · celebrity · entertainment · showmanship · teleprompter · broadcast
Tendency to expect good
- national prideEsteem for one's country
- presidential libraryArchive of White House records
- economic recoveryReturn to prosperity
Reaganomics
Supply-side fiscal philosophy
- tax cutsDecreased government assessments
- deregulationRemoving governmental business restrictions
- supply-sideProduction-centered economic theory
free market · small government · trickle-down · deficit spending · Moral Majority · family values · anti-communism · Second Amendment · pro-life · individualism
Soviet Union
Former communist superstate
- Berlin WallCold War partition
- Star Wars programSpace-based weapons proposal
- arms raceEscalating weapons accumulation between nations
Gorbachev · Iron Curtain · evil empire · nuclear deterrence · containment · perestroika · glasnost · NATO · KGB · détente
Oval Office
President's formal workspace
- White HouseOfficial presidential residence
- inaugurationFormal beginning ceremony
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
assassination attempt · Iran-Contra · executive order · veto · State of the Union · Camp David · Marine One · Air Force One · Secret Service · Rose Garden
Sacramento
California seat of government
- governorState's chief executive
- student protestsOrganized dissent by learners
- BerkeleyBay Area university city
welfare reform · death penalty · statehouse · Golden State · Dixon · rancher · Santa Barbara · Pacific Palisades
Hollywood
American film industry center
- Screen Actors GuildEntertainment industry labor union
- Warner BrosMajor film studio
- B-moviesLow-budget films
leading man · westerns · studio system · co-star · celebrity · entertainment · showmanship · teleprompter · broadcast · matinee idol
optimism
Tendency to expect good
- national prideEsteem for one's country
- presidential libraryArchive of White House records
- economic recoveryReturn to prosperity
- 80sbig hair, mullets, shoulder pads, new wave, synth-pop
- politicianspoliticians, Joe Biden, congressman, Nancy Pelosi, senator
- 1980s AmericaIran-Contra, Contras, Sandinistas, Nicaragua, Grenada
- ConservativesBarry Goldwater, National Review, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Tucker Carlson
- GOP HistoryAbraham Lincoln, GOP, Richard Nixon, Theodore Roosevelt, George W. Bush
- Alliterative NamesMickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Peter Parker, Bruce Banner, Bugs Bunny
Ronald ReaganKarl Marx
Franklin D. Roosevelt · Bernie Sanders · Fidel Castro · Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez · Ted Kennedy
Ronald ReaganMikhail Gorbachev
Joseph Stalin · Nikita Khrushchev · Fidel Castro · Ho Chi Minh · Mao Zedong
Ronald ReaganFranklin D. Roosevelt
Barack Obama · Lyndon B. Johnson · John F. Kennedy · Bill Clinton · Jimmy Carter