​​​​​Ronald Wilson Reagan, or more commonly known as President Ronald Reagan, was the 40th President of the United States of America. During his presidency, which began in the year 1981, when he won victory over Democrat incumbent President Jimmy Carter,winning the electoral college (489 to 49) and obtaining around more than half of the popular vote. His presidency ended in 1989. Nonetheless, Ronald Reagan accomplished things no one could have anticipated accomplishing. At age 69, Reagan was the oldest person elected to the U.S. Presidency. It goes without saying that he gave an entire new face to the government. He was a man of good will, this can be said of him in respect to the fact that he was one of the influencing hands behind forcing the Soviet Union ( the “evil empire”, as he would say) to end the Cold War. In his life, actor turned President Ronald Reagan had earned countless achievements, in both his ever so rewarding careers (Hollywood and Politics), the top 5 of which are stated below, strictly speaking of his Political career:


1. In 1964, he was acknowledged for delivering a televised speech for Republican presidential candidate Barry Goldwater, a well-known reactionary.

2. Following the events, two years after, Reagan defeated Democratic incumbent Edmund “Pat” Brown Sr. in his very first race for public office, by approximately one million votes, thus winning the California governorship.

3. His Domestic Agenda was very well received by the lot. A number of conservative policies he proposed did wonders for the nation. United State’s economy say daylight again, thanks to the implementation of tax cuts he had initiated. Greater Military spending, reductions in certain social programs and increased measures to not tamper business. According to many economists, by the year 1983, the nation’s economy had entered a seven-year period of prosperity.

4. He appointed Judge Sandra Day O’Connor as the first women to the U.S. Supreme Court, which left the nation admiring him even more than before.

5. One of the most prominent contributions of Reagan to the nation, more correctly put, the world, was the “Reagan Doctrine”. Reagan embarked on a massive buildup of U.S. weapons and troops in an attempt to putting an end to the raging Cold War. The Reagan Doctrine provided help to anti-communist movements in Latin America, Asia and Africa. He additionally announced a “Strategic Defense Initiative” in the year 1983.  This was done in order to develop space-based weapons to protect the United States of America from attacks by Soviet nuclear missiles.

Needless to say, while the nation was under the presidency of Ronald Reagan, Unite States witnessed some of the best times. Ronald Reagan was a true hero and remains to be one, in the hearts of the citizens of America.