Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan Analysis
Ronald Reagan Analysis Paper
HIS/145
January / 2014
Ronald Reagan was born in 1911 and died in 2004 the former president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 was also the governor of California from 1967 to 1975. Many people have mixed feelings of Ronald Reagan. Some did not like that Reagan was an actor before he became president of the United States.
Attempted assassination
In 1981 President Ronald Reagan survived an assassination attempt. The time was estimated around 2:25 p.m. The day was March 30, 1981. The shooter was a 25 year old male by the name of John Hinckley Jr. Ronald Reagan was shot the round punctured his lung; three others were also injured during the shooting. Ronald Reagan had just finished giving a “speech to a group of trade unionists at the National Conference of Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO” (Rosenberg, 2013). Ronald Reagan was shot with a low caliber round a .22 revolver. Many people feel their jobs are not worth their lives and will quit a job after an injury such as this. Reagan after the assassination attempt did not push for any anti-gun laws as people would try for today. It is a show of how times are changing in some ways. This does not say one way or another if Ronald Reagan was over or under rated it just showed that Ronald Reagan was one tough individual, and very lucky as well. It might of added to Ronald Reagans character as well many people were scared of Ronald Reagan since he was a no nonsense kind of guy, the failed assassination attempt only added to it.
Hostages coming home The Iranian hostage situation happened on November 4, 1979; President Carter was still in office at the time. The day that Ronald Reagan was sworn into office on January 21, 1981 the American hostages were released. The terrorist or students released the hostages after President Carter was out of office they did not have any problem with releasing the hostages. They did it as a way to protest President
HIS/145
January / 2014
Ronald Reagan was born in 1911 and died in 2004 the former president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 was also the governor of California from 1967 to 1975. Many people have mixed feelings of Ronald Reagan. Some did not like that Reagan was an actor before he became president of the United States.
Attempted assassination
In 1981 President Ronald Reagan survived an assassination attempt. The time was estimated around 2:25 p.m. The day was March 30, 1981. The shooter was a 25 year old male by the name of John Hinckley Jr. Ronald Reagan was shot the round punctured his lung; three others were also injured during the shooting. Ronald Reagan had just finished giving a “speech to a group of trade unionists at the National Conference of Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO” (Rosenberg, 2013). Ronald Reagan was shot with a low caliber round a .22 revolver. Many people feel their jobs are not worth their lives and will quit a job after an injury such as this. Reagan after the assassination attempt did not push for any anti-gun laws as people would try for today. It is a show of how times are changing in some ways. This does not say one way or another if Ronald Reagan was over or under rated it just showed that Ronald Reagan was one tough individual, and very lucky as well. It might of added to Ronald Reagans character as well many people were scared of Ronald Reagan since he was a no nonsense kind of guy, the failed assassination attempt only added to it.
Hostages coming home The Iranian hostage situation happened on November 4, 1979; President Carter was still in office at the time. The day that Ronald Reagan was sworn into office on January 21, 1981 the American hostages were released. The terrorist or students released the hostages after President Carter was out of office they did not have any problem with releasing the hostages. They did it as a way to protest President