Ronald Reagan with the Republican nomination ran in the 1980 presidential election. His running mate was George Bush who was a former Texas Congressman and United Nations Ambassador. The American voters were troubled with the inflation in the United States and Americans being in Iran for a year in confinement. With 489 electoral votes Reagan defeated Jimmy Carter who had 49 electoral votes. Sixty-nine days after he took office, Ronald Reagan was shot by an assassin, but recovered quickly and continued his job. This made Ronald Reagan even more popular among the people.
Reagan wanted to work on the economy growing, cutting inflation, and strengthning the government defense. Also, he wanted to cut taxes to about twenty-five percent. By doing all of these things to strengthen the economy, his biggest accomplishment was having the country become self-confident. A few other things he is known for are appointing the first female Supreme Court Justice, Sandra Day O'Connor, and he started a war that was against drugs.
In 1981 he set up economic policies known as the Reaganomics. This encouraged entrepreneurship and aimed to limit social spending. It tried to also reduce inflation and regualtions. This helped Reagan win the election in 1985. He sent military troops to Grenada to stop the spread of Communism, and developed a strong relationship with Britain and Mikhail Gorbachev to try to reduce nuclear weapons in both countries. Many people gave Ronald Reagan credit for the Iron Curtain, which opened up the Communist countries, and which ended the Cold War. This resulted in the United States being the only world super power. Even though Reagan was known for being in the Iran-Contra affair, it didn't affect his approval rating. After his second term, his approval rating was sixty-four percent.
I think Ronald Reagan was a very good president. He had many accomplishments, and he was a very good communicator with the country. Reagan got the country confident again, and that's why he is known as such a great president.
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