LAst essay Flashcards

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Economic policies

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  • Reagan decreased the tax rates on individuals and mostly for the wealthy, cutting the
    highest tax bracket rate from 70 percent to eventually 28 percent
  • Cut back on environmental protection and workplace safety regulations in the aide of big
    – Reagan inaugurated an era of hostility between the federal government and organized
    labor - inspired many private employers to launch anti-union offensives
    -Had monetary policies that kept inflation low
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Foreign policies

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  • Sent American troops to Grenada to oust a pro-Cuban government
  • Dispatched marines to a peacekeeping force in Lebanon - bomb exploded at their
    barracks killing 241 Americans
    -Investments in national security ended the Cold War and made possible the subsequent defense spending reductions that are largely responsible for the current federal surpluses
    -New investments in nation security sent a message to the world not to mess with US Nationals abroad.
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Restoration of peoples faith in America

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  • Socially brought back feeling of patriotism
  • restored the publics faith in the system, was an acter who becae govoner then president.
  • Anyone could be president.
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