Ronald Reagan: The Life, Times, and Achievements of a Right Wing Revolutionary Trevor Aaron Long

Cultivating the Reagan Revolution: Communication Skills Early broadcasting and acting career Iowa Hawkeyes 1937 screen test Knute Rockne: All American King’s Row Narrator and Actor for General Electric Theatre

Cultivating the Reagan Revolution: The Political Development of Ronald Reagan Anti-Communist activities as President of the Screen Actor’s Guild Dispute between SAG and the Conference of Studio Unions Exposing of Communist sympathizers

Cultivating the Reagan Revolution: A Time for Choosing Rendezvous with destiny We will preserve for our children this, the last best hope for man on earth, or will sentence them to take the first step into a thousand years of darkness. If we fail, at least let our children and our children’s children say of us we justified our brief moment here. We did all that could be done

Cultivating the Reagan Revolution: Reagan as leader of the Conservative Faction Elected California Governor: 1966 Influence at the 1968 RNC 1976 Election

1980 Presidential Election Primary contest against George Bush General Election: Criticism of Carter’s economic policy, SALT II Presidential Debate: “There you go again” “Are you better off than you were four years ago?”

Reagan Presidency: Inauguration “Government is not the solution to the problem. Government is the problem” Emphasis on the extent of the Carter Recession

Reagan Presidency: Reagan Tax Cuts Boll Weevils Whittling away at the Great Society 25% Tax Cut

Reagan Presidency: Monetary Policy Paul Volcker’s tightened interest rates Unpopularity Reaction to the Carter Recession

Reagan Presidency: Recession Years Recession Perceived failure of Reagan’s domestic policy Approval Rating of 35% Deficit of $113 Billion 11% Unemployment

Reagan Presidency: The Prosperous Years Rise in GNP Sinking Unemployment Controlled Inflation Stock Market Explosion

Reagan Presidency: What led to the Prosperity Reagan tax cuts Tax Increases: “They don’t call it Reaganomics anymore…” Paul Volcker Defense Spending

Reagan Presidency: 1980’s Disparity Overall rise in income 9% rise for the affluent 8% decline for the poor Child Poverty

Reagan Presidency: 1986 Tax Law Tax Cuts with no loopholes Larger tax base? Corporate alienation Failures: There still were loopholes, high real estate taxes

The Reagan Presidency and AIDS Early aloofness Death of Rock Hudson Billion Dollar AIDS Budget Everet Koop’s three preventions: Abstinence, Condoms, and Monogamy

Ronald Reagan and the Soviets: Contentious years Evil Empire speech Military buildup Objectives of the buildup: Strengthening of the military in case of war, persuading European allies that the United States would not abandon them, and encouraging the Soviets to come to the bargaining table Strategic Defense Initiative

Ronald Reagan and the Soviets: The Gorbachev Years Perestroika and Glasnost Retreat from Afghanistan? Geneva talks Reykjavik talks Berlin Wall speech (video) INF Treaty

Reagan and Iran Contra Reagan Doctrine Contras Iran arms trade Evolution of the policy

Greatest Successes Reagan boom Anti-Soviet policies Reagan Revolution

Greatest Failure Iran Contra