THE RISE OF POLITICAL CONSERVATISM 1980 1992
PRESIDENT RONALD REAGANS FOREIGN POLICY
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The Great Investigator
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The Great Communicator
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The Great Delegator
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The Great Leader
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Detailed explanation-1: -Before winning his presidential election in 1980, Reagan ran for president two times in 1968 and in 1976. He was re-elected in 1984 at the age of 73, making him the oldest person elected President of the United States at the time. Reagan is known as the “Great Communicator” because he was a good public speaker.
Detailed explanation-2: -The nickname “Dutch” was first applied to Ronald Reagan, in childhood, by his father.
Detailed explanation-3: -In his first term, Reagan implemented “Reaganomics", which involved economic deregulation and cuts in both taxes and government spending during a period of stagflation. He escalated an arms race with the Soviet Union and transitioned Cold War policy from détente to rollback.