THE RISE OF POLITICAL CONSERVATISM 1980 1992
THE ELECTION OF RONALD REAGAN IN 1980
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye.
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There will be more shuttle flights and more shuttle crews and, yes, more volunteers, more civilians, more teachers in space.
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It’s all part of the process of exploration and discovery. It’s all part of taking a chance and expanding man’s horizons. The future doesn’t belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the brave.
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I’ve always had great faith in and respect for our space program.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Ronald Reagan’s address needed to speak to the entire nation. His audience was the whole of United States. He needed to underline a sense of unity and send a message that they were all mourning together.
Detailed explanation-2: -[Note: The President spoke at 5 p.m. from the Oval Office at the White House. His address was broadcast live on nationwide radio and television.]
Detailed explanation-3: -It’s all part of the process of exploration and discovery. It’s all part of taking a chance and expanding man’s horizons. The future doesn’t belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the brave. The Challenger crew was pulling us into the future, and we’ll continue to follow them.
Detailed explanation-4: -Ronald Reagan’s speech on the disaster was a way to have the nation not blame the space program for the deaths of the astronauts, but a way to have the nation face the disaster with strength and push through the event with more courage than before and to continue exploration into space.