Ronald Reagan once said “peace is not the absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.” Ronald Reagan was originally an American actor and politician. He became the fortieth president of the United States in 1981. President Reagan was a member of the Republican party and served two terms. During his time in office, he worked to restore prosperity and peace in the United States of America. Ronald Reagan’s presidency accomplished many of his goals, his views on foreign policy arms control compare to those of our current president: Barack Obama, and his work to help the United States’ economy brought about a time of stability.
President Ronald Reagan’s terms had many beneficial accomplishments. His first efforts were
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He was elected when the country was dealing with a very tough economic situation . Many of the problems Reagan acted upon included: high taxes, high unemployment, and high interest rates (“The Second American Revolution: Reaganomics). Relying on his degree in economics that he obtained from Eureka College, he had a simple and effective approach to solving the country’s economic problems. He simply stated during his campaigning that the nation needed to “cut taxes, get control of government spending, and get the government out of the way so that the entrepreneurial spirit of the American people could be unleashed” (“The Second American Revolution: Reaganomics). HIs plan for the economy became known as Reaganomics and the first action he took to execute his plans was to sign the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981. This economic policy introduced tax cuts that were created to help increase savings, spending, and investment (Kelly). As a result, inflation and unemployment rates decreased. This action and the premise of Reaganomics ushered in a time of prosperity in the United States, one of the longest without a depression or