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shifting judicail balance
Reagan did not apply
his conservative ideas only to the economy. He also
tried to bring a strict constructionist outlook to the federal
judiciary. he also wanted the juges to follow the original content of the constitusion. -
the economic booms
In 1983 the economy finally
began to recover. By 1984 the United States had
begun the biggest economic expansion in its history
up to that time. -
the road to the white house
Ronald Reagan grew up in Dixon, Illinois, the son of an Irish American shoe salesman.After graduating from Eureka College in 1932, Reagan worked as a sports broadcaster mat an Iowa radio station. -
economy
Reagan's first priority was the economy, which was suffering from stagflation- a combination of high unemployment and high inflation. -
peace through strength
In Reagan’s opinion, the only option open to theUnited States in dealing with the SovietUnion was “peace through strength”—a phrase he used during his campaign. the peace time buildup costed 1.5 trillon -
reagan builds up the military
Reagan did not limit his reforms to the domestic scene. He adopted a new Cold War foreign policy that rejected containment. Reagan called the Soviet Union “the focus of evil in the modern world” and “an evil empire.” -
the regan docteran
Building up the military was only part of Reagan’s
military strategy. He also believed the United States
should support guerrilla groups who were fighting to
overthrow Communist or pro-Soviet governments -
new approches to arm control
As part of the military buildup, Reagan decided to
place nuclear missiles in Western Europe to counter
Soviet missiles in Eastern Europe. This decision triggered
a new peace movement. -
cutting programs
Cutting tax rates meant the government
would receive less money. This would
increase the budget deficit the amount by which
expenditures exceed income. -
reagon's domestic poicy
Ronald Reagan believed the key to restoring the economy and overcoming problems in society was to get Americans to believe in themselves again. He expressed this idea in his Inaugural Address: “We have every right to dream heroic
dreams. . . . You can see heroes every day going in
and out of factory gates. Others, a handful in number,
produce enough food to feed all of us. . . . You meet
heroes across a counter. . . . There are entrepreneurs
with faith in themselves and faith in an idea who crea