THE 1970S 1969 1979
FOREIGN POLICIES OF PRESIDENT NIXON
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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He wanted a smaller government
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Less taxes
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Failures of the Carter administration
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All of the Above
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Detailed explanation-1: -A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the 33rd governor of California from 1967 to 1975 and as president of the Screen Actors Guild from 1947 to 1952 and from 1959 until 1960. Tampico, Illinois, U.S. Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Detailed explanation-2: -He and Thatcher provided mutual support in terms of fighting liberalism, reducing the welfare state, and dealing with the Soviet Union. Reagan started by escalating the Cold War with the Soviet Union, marking a departure from the policy of détente by his predecessors, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Jimmy Carter.
Detailed explanation-3: -Upon taking office, Reagan argued that the United States faced a dire crisis, and that the best way to address this crisis was through conservative reforms. His major policy priorities were increasing military spending, cutting taxes, reducing non-military federal spending, and restricting federal regulations.