Reagan's Cold War Legacy Confronting a Global Crisis

When Ronald Reagan stepped down as president on January 20, 1989, he had served eight years. This itself is an extraordinary accomplishment; ... regulation of the major industries to the detriment of consum- ers." Carter's successor, Ronald Reagan, had been campaign- ing for years against big ... On all the major social issues-abortion, quotas, gay rights, feminism, crime and punishment, the family, moral and religious values-the Reagan ... Social Issues: Reagan championed conservative values, advocating for policies that aligned with traditional family structures. Challenges Faced During ... The Reagan administration dealt with many other foreign policy issues as well. Affairs in and around Southwest Asia continued to present multiple challenges ... Two days after Carter's successor, Ronald Reagan, was sworn in as president, Carter ... major candidates had announced. When voting began ... ” Ronald Reagan had many great accomplishments while he was president, but the biggest one was ending the Cold War with the Soviet Union. Another compelling ... 1980 Presidential Election. In 1980, a former peanut farmer from Georgia went up against a former movie star from California in one of the world's biggest ... to meet the challenges of the modern presidency in a relatively successful manner. For several reasons, even some presidential scholars have underestimated ... For decades before coming into office, Reagan had criticized the spread of Soviet communism and the danger it posed. He compared communism to Nazism and ...