Reagan's Challenges Economic Turmoil and Cold War Tensions

When these illegal acts were revealed in November 1986, Reagan suffered a greater one-month plunge in public support (from 67 to 46 per cent) than any president ... In Ronald Reagan's first inaugural address, referring in 1981 to economic problems the nation faced at the time, he famously said that ... There was more than enough blame to go around for each of these problems. Reagan resisted tax increases, and Congress resisted cuts in domestic spending. The ... Inboden lists the many problems Ronald Reagan faced when elected president in 1980, many of which the country is again facing. Perhaps one ... The President acted to curb the trend toward Government intervention and spending as a means of solving the problems of American society and the economy. In the ... Given this very particular background, Ronald Reagan was no friend of the feminist movement which had emerged in the Sixties. Its demands regarding work, ... The paradox of President Reagan's leadership was that his certainty about simple problems ... Reagan was faced with a serious, substantive disagreement ... Several statistics of the Ronald Reagan Foundation tout significant achievements that resulted from Reaganomics over President Reagan's 8 years ... The biographer is faced with a distinctive challenge when he has ... controversy today, as the wide range of historical literature shows. While Reagan helped change the national mood, he also faced structural economic problems and strained relations with the U.S.S.R. that occupied most of his two ...