Ronald Reagan

President Ronald Reagan had his strengths and weaknesses during his presidency. Although Ronald Reagan had done many things that helped the citizens of the United States economically, for example, making the inflation in America better by cutting taxes down but because of this action, many job wages went down. Ronald Reagan may have helped America economically but he didn’t do a good job socially, why? Because he had cut funding from programs that helped minorities, he did nothing to help with…

To many, Ronald Reagan was known as one of the finest public speakers in presidential history to date. As president, he brought a rise of intellectual negativity and soaring sense of possibilities among his people. His great sense of communication allowed him to communicate hard choices, bad news, and complicated ideas throughout his two terms as the 40th president of the United States. Although communication was not his strongest suite, rhetoric was. Rhetoric became a central part to Reagan’s…

Lincoln, and George H. Bush are among the greatest. However, many people over the years have decided that Ronald Reagan shaped this nation into what it is today. In this great president’s childhood, many people knew that he was a special kid simply because of how good of a person he was. He grew up being chubby with the nickname “Dutch”. His parents owned a small farm in Illinois, where Reagan spent many hours working during the summers. He graduated high school as a honor student and attended…

Ronald Reagan and the People Imagine living in an America in which people had safety protocols for a nuclear weapon strike. Imagine living with the thought of nuclear attack always on the back of everyone’s mind. These were the thoughts of many American’s before Ronald Reagan took office. “When Ronald Reagan took over the White House, the end of the Cold War not only seemed a very long way off—nobody in fact thought in such terms at the time—but in many respects it actually looked as if the USSR…

Gretchen Kuntz Nov. 18, 2014 Government Project Mr. Geissel p.7 Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan was the 40th president of the United States and was one of the most impacting presidents in American history. Reagan supported and aided every social group of Citizens through his two terms of presidency by the laws and acts he worked to pass. Ronald Reagan was born in Tampico, Illinois on February 6, 1911. Growing up for Ronald Reagan was simple, he had one older brother Neil and his parents…

Republican Ronald Reagan appeared at the 41st Evangelical Convention with a speech prepared, but the audience had little knowledge of the light he would shine in their lives that evening. In Orlando, he called the Evangelical Church to action in what he titled the world as “The Evil Empire.” Although the speech on the surface discusses world-wide issues, Reagan evokes emotion in a desperate cry to the Evangelical Church by suggesting that together they can cleanse the world of abortion,…

Ronald Reagan’s, A Time for Choosing Speech, main points are as follows: did we still retain the knowledge of the definition of freedom according to our Founding Fathers? “It’s time we asked ourselves if we still know the freedoms intended for us by the Founding Fathers” (Reagan 1). Did we still define government on those founding beliefs? A people that could be self-governed or would we continue to redefine our definition of government until it was completely transformed into totalitarianism.…

nation in fear. Ronald Reagan emotional speech addressing the space shuttle challenger tragedy calms the people of the nation and helps them understand that the best course of action is to move forwards and continue the space program in honor of the fallen heros. Reagan uses repetition, pathos, and Juxtaposition in order to sympathize with the American people and convince them that the right course of action is to continue Americas quest into space. At the start of his speech Reagan uses…

On May 9, 1982, Ronald Regan, the fortieth president of the United States, gave a commencement speech to the graduating class from Eureka College. Eureka College is where Ronald Regan went to college. This is interesting because previous presidents like John F. Kennedy, Barak Obama, or Bill Clinton all went to ivy league colleges like Harvard or Yale. It is very inspiring that Regan was able to accomplish so much without a degree from a prestigious university. This commencement speech very…

The documentary the 13th examines the Richard Nixon era, the new Jim Crow Laws, Ronald Reagan “War on drugs”, Bill Clinton’s “three strikes you’re out” which lead to a massive incarnation in the 1990s of minorities for a long period of time. In 1989, Ronald Reagan declared a war on drugs. Crack and Cocaine were rising and the usage of the products depended on social class. Crack was an inner city drug and the majority of consumers were from Black and Hispanic communities. Those who were arrested…