Reaganomics

Gas lines and gas rationing in the 1970s 1970s Economy Image on the left retrieved from the Library of Congress at: https://www.loc.gov/resource/ppmsca.03433/ Image on the right retrieved the National Archives at: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/555474 Gas lines and gas rationing in the 1970s

Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States Image retrieved from the Library of Congress at: https://www.loc.gov/item/2011633940/ Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States

Ronald Reagan in a televised address about his tax plan, July 1981 Reaganomics Image retrieved from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ronald_Reagan_televised_address_from_the_Oval_Office,_outlining_plan_for_Tax_Reduction_Legislation_July_1981.jpg Ronald Reagan in a televised address about his tax plan, July 1981

Reagan’s Legacy Cartoon by Herbert Block, 1981 Left image retrieved from http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/00652258/ Right image retrieved from http://www.coxandforkum.com/archives/2004_06.html Cartoon by Herbert Block, 1981 Cartoon by Cox and Forkum, 2004

Central Historical Question Were Reaganomics good for the United States?