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Reagan Administration
Presidential Policies
Reagan appealed to conservatives and moderates who were worried about social change and loss of american global power (lumen learning)
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Reagan was the first president to introduce the idea that government wasn't the solution to problems, but government itself was the problem (crash course)
While governer of california, Reagan received backlash but also gained support (?) from his harsh reaction to protesters of the vietnam war at usc berkeley (berkeley.edu)
Reagan cut government spending but increased defense spending because of the soviet union i guess (crash course)
In 1982, Larry Speakes (Reagan's press secretary) was criticized for openly and repeatedly like straight up mocking the aids epidemic so like thats not cute
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During his first year in office, Reagan engineered the passage of $39 billion in budget cuts into law (presidential archive)
Life Before Presidency
Before nancy reagan was nancy reagan she got put on a list of hollywood communists and went to ronald reagan for help (pbs documentary)
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The first major public political stance reagan took was anti-communist (which also made him an appealing candidate as the country faced the cold war(?) (pbs documentary)
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Reagan was born in Tampico, Illinois in 1911
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His first term as governor did not go super well, he had like literally zero political experience (pbs)
In 1964, Ronald Reagan gave a famous speech "A Time For Choosing" in support of candidate Barry Goldwater. Goldwater lost but eyes were turned to Reagan as his speech was like pretty good. (pbs)
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Reaganomics
Supply-side economics depended on the idea that corporations and wealthy individuals would reinvest the money they saved by paying lower taxes to build businesses, create jobs, boost profits, and spur economic growth. (Khan academy)
Deregulation removed government restrictions on industries such as trucking and telephone. (khan academy)
The four main points of Reaganomics are: reduced government spending, reduced taxes, less regulation, and slowdown of money supply growth to reduce or prevent inflation
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Called "trickle down economics" or "voodoo economics" (by HW Bush in his campaign against reagan) (crash course)