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.