Reagan refused to continue with jimmy Carter’s Détente policy. Regan party argued that the policy relaxed the tension in the communist‚ but did not work for a long. For example‚ the Soviet invaded Afghanistan causing the United States disadvantage in the Middle East (9321). Ronald Regan changed of mind in handling the soviet‚ through military measures and diplomatic relationship contributed to the end of the cold war. Reagan’s military tactics was acknowledged by the secretary of Defense Casper
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Identifications: * Yuppies/VCRs/Three Mile Island * Yuppies: young‚ urban professionals who wore ostentatious gear such Rolex watches or BMW cars. they came to symbolize the increased pursuit of wealth and materialism of Americans in the 1980s‚ represented decade of greed‚ stopped being radical‚ worried about weight. * VCRs: video cassette recorders became popular in the late 70’s that allowed viewers to tape and view later their favorite programs and to rent movies on cassette
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power of the federal government. When the economy was in its worst recession since the Great Depression‚ Reagan decided to cut taxes and government spending on social programs; however the tax cuts mostly helped the rich and cutting welfare hurt the poor. On the other hand‚ his deregulation‚ domestic spending restraint‚ and tax cuts helped lead to an economic boom that lasted two decades. Reagan was still able to eliminate many deductions and exempt millions of people with low incomes. He was also
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The morality play The Summoning of Everyman and the poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight are two popular works from Middle English literature that people have been reading and enjoying for centuries. Both of the main characters‚ Everyman and Sir Gawain‚ have a journey to death; however‚ each character endures their journey differently. Gawain accepts his passage to a certain death while Everyman his surprised by Death’s appearance and begs for more years of life rather than go on the pilgrimage
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the Sandinistas) came to power in Nicaragua in 1979 supported by much of the populace and elements of the Catholic Church. The government was initially backed by the US under Jimmy Carter‚ but the support evaporated under the presidency of Ronald Reagan in light of evidence that the Sandinistas were providing help to the FMLN rebels in El Salvador. The US imposed economic sanctions and a trade embargo instead which contributed to the collapse of the Nicaraguan economy in the early to mid-1980s. While
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Analysis of Reagan’s Inaugural Address 40th president of the United States‚ Ronald Reagan‚ in his Inaugural speech claims that America is the best country. Reagan’s purpose is to renew the American spirit. He takes on a patriotic tone in order to instill that we can do anything as a team in the American people. Reagan depicts the pathos appeal in his Inaugural address. He supports this appeal by using diction such as church and God‚ dreams and hopes‚ our country and countrymen. He’s letting us
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Baker‚ Johnson was able to know the inner workings of politics. Ronald Reagan also worked very hard to have good relationships in politics although he talked about Washington as if he’d never visited the place. Lyndon Johnson used a specific method to get to know important people called retail politic. In retail politics‚ a politician wins over one person at a time by learning about them specifically. Unlike LBJ and Reagan‚ Jimmy Carter lacked the charsima to win over people. Then Speaker of the
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spending policy which did slow down spending as expected. Reagan then created what is known today as Reaganomics‚ with Reaganomics President Reagan promised reduced federal programs‚ deeper tax cuts for wealthy Americans‚ and he made the government smaller. In July of 1981 President Reagan announced his intentions of cutting down the budget by $41 billion. He referred to this proposal as a second American revolution for hope and opportunity. Reagan believed by lowering taxes it would make companies be
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them more rights. This also led people to use this method to eliminate people who they held grudges against. For example‚ Abigail’s quote on page 837 that says “ Let either of you breathe a word about the other things‚ and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you” .Crucible as we know means to have a testing circumstance which in this context relates to the mental ability of the people of Salem to find out whether this witchcraft phenomenon is real or just a hoax made up by some girls
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The Iran-Contra scandal had a big effect on the United States but it had a huge effect on Nicaragua. Through out 1985-86‚ the Reagan administration was selling weapons to Iran illegally in order to encourage Iran to free hostages in the Middle East. Meanwhile‚ the Reagan administration wanted to support the Contras in Nicaragua‚ a rebel group fighting to overthrow the Sandinista government. The administration decided to use the money made from selling arms to Iran‚ and had it sent to the Contras
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