Ronald Wilson Reagan was born on February 6, 1911, in Tampico, Illinois. His parents were Nelle Wilson Reagan and John Edward Reagan. Reagan was nicknamed “Dutch” as a child by his father who said that he resembled “a fat little Dutchmen.” Since the Reagans didn't have much money, they moved throughout the Midwest in search of work. Soon they finally settled in Dixon, Illinois, when Reagan was barely twelve years old. Here he finished school and graduated with athletic and also with extracurricular honors.
After high school, Reagan enrolled in Eureka College, which was ran by the Disciples of Christ. Here Reagan established himself as a student leader. Although his grades might not have been the best, he graduated from the college in 1932 with degrees in both sociology and economics.
During the depression work was hard to find for Americans; however, Reagan kept searching. Then, as if by a stroke of luck, he landed a job as a radio announcer for the WOC radio station. With his homely personality and radio-friendly voice, he was soon promoted to the larger sister station located in Des Moines, Iowa called the WHO. Here Reagan was a sportscaster for the local university’s football games as well as the Chicago Cubs. Soon he became very popular and was loved by everyone who listened.
In 1937, Ronald moved to Los Angeles hoping to become an actor in Hollywood. After many auditions, Warner Brothers soon hired him to act in their low-budget films. He eagerly accepted the offer and was soon staring in his firm film called Love is in the Air. During his first two years, Reagan appeared in roughly fifteen films. His two most well-known movies were Knute Rockne, All American (which he played the...
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...In 1990, Reagan was subpoenaed to testify in one of the many investigations involving the Iran-Contra scandal, but his testimony was quickly dismissed when questioners realized that Reagan had trouble clearly remembering events that occurred during his administrations. Doctors soon determined that Reagan had developed Alzheimer's disease and that his memory had truly been affected. Reagan soon wrote a letter to the public describing his disease as the “sunset of his life”. Soon after the publishing of his letter, Reagan and his wife Nancy seemed to disappear from public life.
On June 5, 2004, Ronald Reagan died due to pneumonia complicated by his Alzheimer’s disease at the age of 93. He was survived by his wife and children. Ronald Reagan was soon laid to rest for the rest of eternity at the Presidential Library he established in Simi Valley, California.
“Should Reagan be offered the GE job, Nancy will make sure he takes it.” When Reagan challenges Ford in the 1976 Republican primaries and loses the nomination at the convention, “Nancy Reagan looks ahead to the day that her husband, Ronald Wilson Reagan, becomes the president of the United States in 1980. She will see to it.” After the assassination attempt, “Nancy decides whom Reagan will and will not see. This practice will continue throughout Reagan’s presidency.” So there you have it — the first theme, that Reagan’s entire career after he marries is inspired, directed, and controlled by his wife. Nancy goads him on. The second theme is that Reagan is passive, lacking his wife’s inner steel. He lets others make important decisions for him (not one example is offered) and is not very bright. The unifying theme is that the assassination attempt caused mental decline, accelerated the onset of the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease, and ultimately lead to the Iran-Contra debacle. Thus did the violent assault of March 30, 1981, change a presidency. In reporting Reagan’s first speech after the assassination attempt, the April 28 speech to a joint session of Congress,
Jimmy Carter was born in Plains, Georgia, in 1924. His father owned a small plot of land and worked as a peanut farmer (“Jimmy Carter Biography” 1). Growing up on a farm taught Carter responsibility and other essential values which would help him later in life. His parents were deeply religious, especially his father, who often taught Sunday school (“Jimmy Carter Biography” 1). Carter's values and traits
One of the most important aspects of Reagan’s time in office was his domestic policy. He knew to have a successful presidency and create a strong, the people of the United States needed to be cared for. His first goal was to turn the economy around from the stagflation it encounter in the Carter era. Stagflation is very similar to inflation. The main difference is that inflation is the result of a quick economic growth while causes the value of money to decrease with now economic growth. To accomplish the turn around, Reagan introduce his economic policy which became known as Reaganomics. Reaganomics was based in supply side economics. This economic theory says that lowering taxes through tax cuts increases revenue by allowing more money
A few months after taking office, President Reagan was shot in Washington D.C (Rosenberg). The bullet barely missed his heart (Rosenberg). After surgery...
Ronald William Howard was born March 1st, 1954 in Duncan, Oklahoma. He is the older of two brothers. His parents, Rance Howard his father was an actor, director and writer, his mother Jean Howard was an actress, in 1959 his family relocated to Hollywood. Young Ron quickly joined the family business and his first television role was on an episode of "Playhouse 90" and was followed by an appearance on "The Red Skelton Show." He also was in four episodes of "Denis the Menace" and five shows of "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis." (Encarta)
President Jimmy Carter was born October 1924 in a little town called Plains located in Georgia. As a young boy, he grew up in Archery a little nearby community and Jimmy Carter was drawn into farming just the same way his father James Earl Carter was. His family was surrounded by peanut crops, politic talk and being faithful to the Baptist religion. While he attended school in a public school of Plains his father took care of the crops and worked as a business man; his mother Lillian Gordy Carter was working as a registered nurse.
Contextual analysis is made up of three basic components; intended audience, setting and most importantly purpose. Authors often times consider and work each contextual piece into the construction of their given argument. An argument is not powerful if audience preference is not a main concern, if the setting isn’t taken into consideration, or if the purpose is not relevant to the current situation. On January 28th, 1986 the shuttle challenger exploded 73 seconds into its take off. President Ronald Reagan wrote a critical speech to address the tragedy that had struck our nation that day. It is highly evident in his address that kept audience, setting, and purpose in mind. He comforts a worried public using calm tone and simple yet effective diction to convince the American nation that it’s necessary to go on and continue the space program and ultimately the scientific revolution.
Gerald Ford died on December 26, 2006 of cardiovascular disease. He lived to be 93 years old and is currently the oldest president ever to live.
Cannon writes in the third person, largely objective narrator. He is writing not from the point of view of a Reagan supporter or and employee of his administration, but from the perspective of an objective reporter. Cannon was the White House corespondent for The Washington Post. Most of the book Cannon merely tells the facts of Reagan’s life without throwing in any of his own thoughts. While Reagan mostly deals with the positive aspects of Reagan’s life, Cannon doesn’t shy away from talking about the negative parts of his life, such as his firing from his radio announcing job. Cannon also discusses Reagan’s many failures as an actor, while at the same time mentioning his successes too. Cannon writes about his political defeats, such as his failure to win nomination for president in 1976, while also writing about his many political victories, such as being elected governor of California, and President of the United States. Overall, Cannon writes with a detached, objective point of view. He balances all of the positives and negatives of Reagan’s life, giving equal time to each.
Reagan wanted to rid Hollywood of communist influences. He was inspired by the Democratic beliefs of his parents and of President Franklin Roosevelt. Reagan joined and eventually became the president of the Screen Actors Guild, which was a union for actors. He worked to clean the union of any suspected communists, and Reagan was a FBI secret informant. He was requested by the FBI to turn in the names of any suspected communists (Ronald Reagan: Biography). Eventually, Reagan became worried innocent people may become targeted. He...
A presidents persona and character are determining factors of a president's policies and ideas. Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt was one of the greatest, most influential presidents that there ever was. Theodore Roosevelt made America a stronger and more powerful nation due to all of his careers and achievements in his life.
In 1994, President Reagan got Alzheimer’s disease, left public life, and died on June 5, 2004 from pneumonia. Reagan is still looked up to and is considered one of the greatest Presidents of all time.
Once Ronald had finished his years at junior high, he went on to attend Dixon High where he made made passing grades all year round. After Dixon he went to Eureka College in Illinois where he again made passing grades, and even played football. In 1932 he graduated, then sought after a job. That same year he found a career being a radio announcer, that job landed him the title of being the voice of Major League Baseball. (Kelly, Martin. Ronald Reagan Biography)
Ronald Wilson Reagan was always in the front of the public eye; Reagan’s first passion was that of an actor. From 1935-1965 Reagan was involved with in radio broadcasting, television shows and was staring in over 50 Hollywood films. Through out his early years Reagan was seen as a leader evident by his selection as the student body President in high school and later on at Eureka (Illinois) College. He enlisted in to the Army Reserve as a Private but was soon promoted to Second Lieutenant in the Officers Reserve Corps of the Cavalry in 1937. He was call to active duty in the Army Air Force and assigned to the 1st Motion Picture Unit in Culver City California where was involved with making over 400 training films from 1942 thru 1945. ...