Ronald Reagan was born on Feb. 6th, 1911.. He had a very happy childhood.. He had many jobs when he was growing up.. When he was 5 his mother, Nelle Wilson Regan, taught him how to read.. He went to collage in Illinois and was in football and had average grades..
He was a Radio Announcer in 1932.. He became the name of Major League Baseball.. He then became an actor and had a 7 year contract with the Warner Brothers.. He made about 50 movies after he moved to Hollywood.. He thought there were communist influences in Hollywood.. From 1967-75 Reagan was the Govenor of California..
In WWII Reagan was called to active duty in the Army Reserve after Pearl Harbor.. He was in the Army from 1942-45, and his rank was rising to Captain.. He never took part in combat.. He narrated training films and was in the Army Air Force First Motion Picture Unit..
In 1980 Regan was the obvious Republican nomination.. George Bush was chosen to run as his vice president.. He was opposed by President Jimmy Carter.. The campaigns were on inflation, and the Iran hostage situation.. Regan won with 51% of the popular vote and the majority of electoral votes..
Reagan got an economic policy whereby tax cuts were created to help get up savings, investment, and spending.. After a while unemployment and iflation went down.. Huge budget deficit was created.. Many terrorist acts were done during Reagan's presidency.. 5 countries were in on one act of terrorists at the U.S. embassy in Beirut.. Cuba, Iran, Libya, North Korea, and Nicaragua.. Muammar Qadaffi was the primary terrorist..
Iran-Contra Scandal..In exchange for selling arms to Iran, money would be given to the revolutionary Contras in Nicaragua. The hope was also that by selling arms to Iran, terrorist organizations would be willing to give up hostages. However, Reagan had spoken out that America would never negotiate with terrorists. Iran-Contra scandal caused one of the major scandals of the 1980's.
Reagan had a strong bond with the Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev.. After Reagan left office and President George H. W. Bush took over, the Soviet Union had a downfall..
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