The Reagan Revolution A Journey from Economic Stagnation to Prosperity

Ronald Reagan was an Illinois-born actor and Hollywood star who went on to become the 33rd Governor of California and later the 40th US president. The Reagan Administration also came to Washington determined to combat communism—especially in Latin America. Reagan and his advisers focused in particular on ... During the campaign of 1980, Ronald Reagan announced a recipe to fix the nation's economic mess. He claimed an undue tax burden, excessive government regulation ... A one-term presidency is painful, especially as decisive a loss as Carter's to Ronald Reagan. Reagan won the 1980 election in a landslide ... Before becoming a politician, he was an actor and served as the president of the Screen Actors Guild. Biography. Reagan was born in Tampico, Illinois, and ... Reagan appointed three of the Supreme Court's nine judges and he appointed 361 of the federal court system's 743 judges. You may know that these ... His two greatest achievements were restoring fiscal stability to California's budget and implementing welfare reform. In 1968, Reagan made an attempt to secure ... Notable events included his firing of nearly 12,000 striking air traffic control workers and appointing the first woman to the Supreme Court bench, Sandra Day O ... Ronald Reagan's tenure as the 40th president of the United States began with his first inauguration on January 20, 1981, and ended on January 20, 1989. Many of President Carter's greatest accomplishments occurred with his ... Even Carter's 1980 campaign against Ronald Reagan drew criticism.