The Reagan Presidency A Legacy of Conservative Transformation

Ronald Reagan entered the White House in 1981 with strongly conservative values but experience in moderate politics. He appealed to moderates and ... 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 ... We saw this when he appealed directly to Americans in 1981, asking them to write letters to their elected representatives in support of ... He began a great increase in income inequality with his trickle down economics. That eventually led to an estimated $ 50 trillion in wealth ... The Act's most significant effect was that it allowed immigrants who had entered the U.S. illegally before Jan. 1, 1982 to apply for legal ... He brought inflation, interest rates, and unemployment sharply down, and ushered in a reversal of New Deal/Great Society big government. He ... As the nation's attention turns back to the fractured debate over immigration, it might be helpful to remember that in 1986, Ronald Reagan ... now know, he wasn't the last. His presidency saw huge ... get a closer look at The Gipper. Script by Michael Thomas Watch the whole American ... 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 ... It was Ronald Reagan's happiness, his optimism, his enjoyment of life and his undying belief in the inherent goodness and spirit of the American people that got ...