Reagan, revitalisation

Question 1

Why did Reagan have the potential to exercise power effectively

Answer 1

-taken office during a period of crisis, Americans more willing to follow their president

-poll ratings were high after 1981 assassination attempt

-Communicating ability

Question 2

Iran-Contra scandal 1986 (3)

Answer 2

• Triggered uproar in Congress
• Large-scaled hostile investigative journalism
• Fall in approval ratings form 64% to 44%

Question 3

Tower Commission 1987

Answer 3

Criticised Reagan’s delegatory management style as inadequate

Question 3

What revitalized Reagan’s presidency

Answer 3

-Booming economy
-ending the Cold War

Question 4

Reagan ending the Cold War

Answer 4

Many Americans gave Reagan most of the credit ( with his defense spending)
However others emphasise Gorbachev’s role

Question 5

Reagan and the GOP

Answer 5

Reagan contributed to a Republican Party in the 1980s
BUT Democrats retained control of the House and reasserted their domination inn the Senate in 1986

Question 6

Democrat successes in other parts of government show…

Answer 6

Reagan’s electoral success was personal rather than party based

Question 7

Reagan’s influence on future presidency

Answer 7

-VP George Bush’s election in 1988 was owed to Reagan
-80% of voters who approved of Reagan supported Bush

Question 8

Reagan making politics less partisan

Answer 8

-Ability to collaborate with the Democrat Congress and his popularity convinced many that the American system worked