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  1. Ronald Reagan entered the White House in 1981 with strongly conservative values but experience in moderate politics. He appealed to moderates and conservatives anxious about social change and the seeming loss of American power and influence on the world stage. Leading the so-called Reagan Revolution, he appealed to voters with the promise that ...

  2. Specifically, the Reagan administration engaged in covert arms sales to Iran to fund Contra rebels in Nicaragua that were fighting to overthrow their nation's socialist government; the resulting Iran–Contra affair led to the conviction or resignation of several administration officials. During Reagan's second term, he sought closer relations ...

  3. The Reagan years were a complicated era of social, economic, and political change, with many trends operating simultaneously and sometimes at cross-purposes. While many suffered, others prospered. The 1970s had been the era of the hippie, and Newsweek magazine declared 1984 to be the “year of the Yuppie .”

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  5. 11/13/1979 - Announcement for Presidential Candidacy. 07/16/1980 - Ronald Reagan wins nomination at Republican National Convention. 10/28/1980 - Reagan/Carter Presidential Debate. 11/04/1980 - Ronald Reagan wins Presidential election in landslide victory (489-49 Electoral College) 1981. 01/20/1981 - Inauguration Day.

  6. Ronald Reagan, the 40th president of the United States, served two terms. Quite a few of Reagan's staffers and Cabinet members came and went during his eight years as president, which is not unusual. The jobs that come with running the United States require such long hours and high stress that turnover is high.

  7. Richard V. Allen on the Assassination Attempt on Ronald Reagan. On March 30, 1981, just months into the Reagan presidency, John Hinckley, Jr. attempted to assassinate the president as he left a speaking engagement at the Washington Hilton Hotel. Hinckley wounded Reagan and three others in the attempt.

  8. Ronald Reagan. At the end of two terms in office, President Ronald Reagan left his legacy, the Reagan Revolution (Reaganomics = or supply-side economics). In Reagan's words, "government is the problem." His economic policies were intended to reinvigorate the American people and reduce their reliance on government entitlements.