Ronald Reagan

  • Changing the Supreme Court - Domestic policy

    Reagan brings in change and puts the first woman in the Supreme court, Sandra Day O'Connor
  • Iran-Contra Scandal - Foreign Policy

    Reagan made it illegal to helps the contras but news broke out of Reagan's adminitration helping and sending weapons to Iran to free some hostages.
  • "Star Wars" - Foreign Policy

    Strategic Defense initaive (SDI), called for the development of weapons that could intercept and destroy incoming missiles.
  • Grenada - Forgien Policy

    There was an invasion in Carribean Island, Grenada was the first major foreign event of the administration. Reagan j the invasion by saying that the cooperation of the island with communist Cuba posed a threat to the US. When Grenada's governor-general announced the resumption of the constitution and appointed a new government, the US forces withdrew.
  • Re-election - Domestic Policy

    Ronald Reagan wins the 1984 election. Going against former Vice- president, Walter Mondale, Reagan wins in a landslide.
  • Reagan Doctorine - Foreign Policy

    Reagan started building up the U.S Military and he believed the U.S should support guerrilla groups who were fighitng to overthrow communist or pro-Soviet governments
  • Economy - Domestic policy

    One of the biggest econoy booms in U.S History
  • taking away the control on gas and oil prices domestic policy

    Reagan takes the control of gas and oil prices and it helps boost the economy.
  • Reaganomics - Domestic Poilcy

    "trickeled down econmics", THey believed that this policy would help coporations and wealthy Americans, while only a little bit would "trickle down" to average Americans