Reagon's Conservative Crusade

A detailed Summary of Reagon's Conservative Crusade

The conservative tide all started with one man in the White House... Ronald Reagan. The people of the 80's were looking for a president who could bring down inflation, lower the taxes, and address issues such as abortion, busing, and gun control. They found that in a retired actor who had lots of charisma and conservative views. Before Reagan was president he had served as a California governor in 1966 and was reelected in 1977. There he was elected to put California on the "conservative path", which he accomplished by cutting back on some of the welfare services to lower income tax." (Boyarsky 4,9) As he ran for president in 1980 his campaign pledge was to restore "the great, confident roar of American progress and growth and optimism."(Internet source 1) Ronald Reagan brought a large change to the country and world during his administration by taking care of the economics, reducing government control, and sticking to his Conservative philosophies, as well as helping to bring an end to the Cold War.

The public seemed to like Reagan for his charm. Closely related to the way Franklin D. Roosevelt used his fire-side chats, Reagan, "modernized the chat: in his first few months in office he filmed fifteen-minute and two minute f

At the end of his two terms in office, Ronald Reagan viewed with satisfaction the achievements of his innovative program known as the Reagan Revolution, which aimed to reinvigorate the American people and reduce their reliance upon Government. Reagan had made the country conservative again and passed the torch onto his vice-president George Bush. The Nation had enjoyed its longest recorded period of peacetime prosperity without recession or depression and American felt good and prosperous.

Reagan's conservative ideas were seen in his right-wing speeches that he gave about "gradual surrender of freedom of things like farm subsidizing, bureaucratic form-filling, and rural electrification." He was also attacking the New Deal. (Wills 285) Even as a college kid Reagan loved to give speeches, in which he would always end with a strong morality plea , urging his audience not to drink, smoke or cheat. (Boyarsky 49) In 1980 renewed support for religious and national values as well as strong opposition to high taxes, government controls, and federal spending accounted for the ascendancy of the conservatives within the Republican Party. (Wills 288) This led to the defeat of many liberal senators and representatives in the 1980 national election and the victory of Ronald Reagan.

As for the economic stance of the country, it was in major turmoil during the end of Carter's term, it is said that, "Inflation elected Ronald Reagan in 1980" (Wills 362) In order to fix this, Reagan decided to take out some of the government control. "Hastened depreciation and eased regulation created a wave of new plants capable of cheaper production. "(Wills 365) In February 1981, Reagan proposed an economic plan that combined tax cuts with wide reduction in welfare and unemployment and in many other areas of the budget. During this time he also worked to curb federal agencies that he felt went too far in regulating business. Th

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