Reagan's Legacy A Lasting Impact on American Society

Reagan's approach—applying intensive economic and military pressure to a superpower adversary—became foundational to American strategic thinking ... Politically, the Federal role in transportation, which had enjoyed bipartisan support for decades, had been challenged by President Ronald ... Two years into Ronald Reagan's presidency, federal regulations go unenforced, incomes have decreased and social services were slashed. He felt he had fulfilled his campaign pledge of 1980 to restore "the great, confident roar of American progress and growth and optimism." On February 6, 1911, ... For 30 years Ronald Reagan has been a hero to Republicans and conservatives, his presidency regarded as the crucial moment when America ... Breaking with the doctrine of “Containment," established during the Truman administration—President Ronald Reagan's foreign policy was based on John Foster ... This was the first time an American president had met with a Soviet leader in Moscow. ... When Ronald Reagan became president in 1981, Leonid ... Reagan's 1981 Program for Economic Recovery had four major policy objectives: (1) reduce the growth of government spending, (2) reduce the marginal tax ... In 1986 Reagan obtained an overhaul of the income tax code, which eliminated many deductions and exempted millions of people with low incomes. At the end of his ... ... did so at the height of the Cold ... American right wing led by Ronald Reagan. This probably averted a long guerrilla war that would have ...