Reagan's Enduring Legacy A Pioneer of American Conservatism

After six months in the White House, Reagan reflected: 'What I'd really like to do, is go down in history as the President who made Americans ... His commitment to restore morality to the White House and US foreign policy, along with his campaign pledge to never lie to the American people, ... The US during the Carter years faced a crisis of confidence. Americans were grappling with economic turmoil at home and a range of challenges to ... That 1630 sermon by John Winthrop is now famous mainly for its proclamation that “we shall be as a city upon a hill.” Beginning in the 1970s, Ronald Reagan ... In his 1997 State of the Union address, President Clinton announced his plan to balance the budget for the first time in 27 years. Later that year, he signed ... ... Ronald Reagan's state funeral as Margaret Thatcher's taped tribute is played ... made it safe for Gorbachev to pursue a reform programme in the ... Reagan's War on Drugs has had a lasting impact, especially in the area of mental health. Many have been punished for their drug use, and labeled ... ... lasting impact on the Israel-US relationship. While such crises may not be unheard of in the history of US-Israeli relations, they are not without precedent. Woodrow Wilson, a leader of the Progressive Movement, was the 28th President of the United States (1913-1921). After a policy of neutrality at the outbreak ... Ronald Reagan entered the White House in 1981 with strongly conservative values but experience in moderate politics.