Ronald Reagan's Cultural Transformation A New American Era

Elected in 1980 and inaugurated in 1981, one of Ronald Reagan's main goals was to restore America's faltering economy. Inflation was the top concern for ... Reagan's domestic policies had a major impact on the American people and have had for many years. He followed up the passage of the largest tax cut in U.S. ... The president believed he could encourage strong economic growth, reduce inflation, increase defense spending, and balance the budget while cutting taxes and ... Reagan's economic legacy is mixed. On the one hand, tax reduction and a tightening of interest rates by the Federal Reserve led to a record period of peacetime ... Ronald Reagan was inaugurated as the 40th President of the United States on January 20, 1981. His presidency marked a significant shift in American politics, ... by Burton Yale Pines Ronald Reagan's last day as President of the United States will be January 20. ... This violated a long traditio n in the ... President Ronald Reagan, in a March 1983 speech, unveils his Strategic Defense Initiative that was intended to develop missile defense systems that would make ... Although he had long warned about the dangers of big government, he created a new cabinet-level agency, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the number of ... Reagan calls for “New Federalism” in his State of the Union address, advocating less federal spending and more state initiative to solve social and economic ... Reaganomics refers to the economic policies of Ronald Reagan, the 40th US president, serving from 1981 to 1989.