Reagan's Enduring Legacy Shaping American Conservatism

What President Reagan did instead of redistributing tax dollars was to revitalize the economy and unleash a period of sustained economic growth, ... Ronald Reagan (40) Event Timeline 01/20/1981-01/20/1989 ; 11/04/1980. Election Day. Reagan wins 91% of the Electoral College and 51% of the popular vote. ; 1981. After a policy of neutrality at the outbreak of World War I, Wilson led America into war in order to “make the world safe for democracy.” Like Roosevelt before ... Reagan offered nothing less than a complete reversal in the direction in which the nation had been headed prior to his inauguration as president ... President Ronald Reagan unveils a new tax program, calling it "a second American Revolution for hope and opportunity." Upon taking office, Reagan called for a ... The Reagan NLRB aggressively reversed precedents, and narrowed workers' rights, and workers are still feeling the effects of a number of key decisions made by ... 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 ... The Reagan era of the 1980s is often remembered for the President's pursuit of ending the Cold War and his legacy as the “Great Communicator ... He brought inflation, interest rates, and unemployment sharply down, and ushered in a reversal of New Deal/Great Society big government. He ... He was the man to bring Conservatism officially into the Government. Most of what made him a great influence was during his presidency when he begn his plan to ...