Ronald Reagan Republican 1981-1989

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Ronald Reagan Republican1981-1989

• Former Actor
• Former Pres. Of Screen Actors Guild
• Former Gov. CA.
• Defeats Carter 80
• Defeats Mondale 84
• Very Positive
• The Great Communicator

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The Actor
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Morning Again In America

• Reagan entered office during a time of struggle
  in America He inspired Confidence
• NEW FEDERALISM Big Government is the enemy
• Attacked inflation, government spending, and
  government regulation as the main economic
  problems
• Gave back a lot of Federal power to the States

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Domestic Policies

• Promised to Cut Taxes and control money supply to
  stimulate the economy
• Supply Side Economics/
• Reaganomics
• 20s policy Trickle Down Theory

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Reagan and The Cold War

• Restarts the Cold War- Calls the USSR Evil
  Empire that it is trying to take over the world.
• Increases military spending, many more Nukes.
• Asks Congress for to build a missile defense
  system-
• Strategic Defense Initiative-Star Wars

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Reagan and The Cold War

• Tries to prevent the spread of communism in Latin
  America by giving money to anti communist groups.
• The Contras were one such group in Nicaragua.
• Congress cut to the Contras, some of Reagans
  people take from weapons sales to Iran and
  give it to the Contras- Iran Contra Affair.

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Iran Contra Affair
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Colonel Oliver North
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USSR and Gorbachev

• Mikhail Gorbachev became leader of USSR in 1986
  and began a new policy of openness-Glasnost
• Tried to make relations better w/U.S. save USSR

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Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!
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Fall of The Berlin Wall 1989
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1991 USSR Ceases to ExistThe Cold War is over!
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Former Soviet Union
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Reagan is Given credit for winning the Cold
War.1911-2004
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Russia-Boris Yeltsin becomes president 1991.