Presidency

Foreign Policy

Taking Down "The Evil Empire"

-Provided aid to anticommunist movements in other countries

- Introduced the Strategic Defense Initiative to scare off any threat of Nuclear war

- Thought the technology required for the SDI to work still has not been invented, having this in a threat intimidated the Soviets and weakened their defense.

- Stressed Diplomatic relations with the Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev

- Famous speech outside the Brandenburg gate.

Domestic Policy

Ronald Reagan came to presidency during an extreme economic recession, one of the worst since the Great Depression. To combat it, Reagan implemented tax cuts and cut spending towards social programs. Though at first it did continue to decline, by 1983 the economy began to recover. However, some criticize Reagan of favoring the rich.

Reaganomics