Ronald Reagan's Lasting Impact Beyond the Presidency

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 ... Reagan was deeply influenced by his godly mother, Nelle, and raised in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). Reagan's firm belief that God had a plan for ... Ronald Reagan entered the White House in 1981 with strongly conservative values but experience in moderate politics. He appealed to moderates and ... He began a great increase in income inequality with his trickle down economics. That eventually led to an estimated $ 50 trillion in wealth ... America's 40th president is remembered for reaching across the political aisle and for forging unlikely alliances. Reagan strongly believed that American ingenuity could conquer technological obstacles. This belief is what drove his pursuit of SDI, despite ... Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. ... He, like others, believed that America's influence might be terribly short- ... He sought to mend America's wounded spirit, to restore the strength of the free world, and to free the slaves of communism… His policies had a ... 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 ... ... 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 ...