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=Ronald Reagan= toc Ronald Reagan was born on February 6, 1911. He was born in Illinois. He was the 33rd Governor of California. He was orginally a member of the democratic party, but switched to the republican party. He was our 40th president (1981-1989). He was arguably one of the best presidents in American History.

Early Life of Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan was born on February 6, 1911 in Illinois. Before becoming governor of California, he was an actor in Los Angles, California. Originally a democrat, he switched to the republican party at age 51, in 1962. He ran for republican presidential nominee in 1968 and 1976, but failed. Eventually he won both the nomination, and the presidency. This was Ronald Reagan's early life to the presidency.

Reaganomics
Reaganomics were Ronald Reagan's way of running the economy. Reagan wanted to run the economy by cutting the people's taxes, instead of using government spending. His thought behind this was if businesses didn't have to use a lot of money to pay taxes, they could use that money to hire more workers. When he took his presidency after Jimmy Carter, inflation was very high, and unemployment rate was at its highest since The Great Depression. He had lots of work to do. He took his ideologies of cutting taxes and less government and put them to work. He ended up lowering the inflation and brought down the unemployment rate by a significant amount. Ronald Reagan did wonders for the economy.



Reagan's Election For the 1985-1989 Term
Reagan was up for re-election. He wanted to become president again because he thought he was best served for the job. His popularity among the American people was growing. He accepted the nomination in Dallas, Texas, he was being very positive about the upcoming election. Reagan's opponent was former vice president, Walter Mondale. There were many questions regarding Ronald Reagan being president for a second term, such as his age and weak performance in the first debate. He bounced back in a strong second debate, answering all the questions concerning his age and then made fun of Mondale for his youth and inexperience. He gained a lot of laughter from the people in the debating room, including Mondale himself. Reagan ended up destroying Walter Mondale in the election. He won 49 out of 50 states. The only state that Mondale won was his home state of Minnesota and he only won that by 3,800 votes. He also won the District of Colombia, but that is not a state. He won the electoral vote with a record 525 electoral votes. That was the most of any candidate in American history. He won the popular vote 58.8% to 40.6%. Therefore, Ronald Reagan would serve for the presidential term of the years 1985-1989.



As the Cold War started to escalate, many Americans became very worried. The USSR had built up a military surpassing that of the United States. Beforehand, the U.S. would use the strength of its weapons to frighten the Soviets. The economy of the Soviets was eventually in term oil. Eventually, the Soviets changed leaders. Their new leader was General Secretary Gorbachev. Knowing that he was new, Reagan pursued to make Gorbachev try an make The Soviet Union a democracy again. After 4 World Summits, he had made The Soviet Union more of a democracy. Reagan was not satisfied. He wanted to take this further. He gave another speech at the Berlin Wall. Eventually, the Soviets decided to take town the Berlin Wall. The Berlin Wall tearing started in 1989 and collapsed two years later, thus ending the Cold War.

Reagan's Life After Presidency
Reagan, after his presidency, moved to Bel-Air. He attended Bel-Air Presbyterian Church. He had a normal lifestyle and went to Republican Conventions and gave speeches to the people that also attended there. He dedicated his presidential library to the public. Anyone who wants to go visit it may do so. After many years of living a normal life, he developed Alzheimer's disease. Many people wrote him letters to make him feel better. After suffering with it for quite sometime, he eventually passed away in his California home on June 5, 2004. He is arguably one of the best presidents in American history, and will be well remembered for all that he did for this country.