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The Reagan Revolution
Select and complete one of the following assignments to weigh in on this historical debate around the following statement: Some consider Ronald Reagan the best U.S. President since Franklin D. Roosevelt. Others would disagree with that assessment.
Option 1: Reagan Memorial Proposal
Option 2: Reagan Opposition to Memorial Letter
Option 1: Reagan Memorial Proposal
You are currently working as a research librarian at the Ronald Reagan Foundation and Library. The foundation is putting together a proposal for a Ronald Reagan Memorial on the National Mall in Washington D.C. They have assigned you to write a report highlighting the historic accomplishments of Reagan during his years as the U.S. President (1980–1989) and the legacy he left behind with the fall of the Soviet Union. You must include his economic, social, and political major achievements, both in the domestic and foreign arenas.
Write a 700- to 1,050-word report that includes paragraphs on both his domestic and foreign policy achievements.
Include one additional scholarly source from the University Library or the Ronald Reagan Foundation and Library site, in addition to the textbook.
Format your assignment according to appropriate course-level APA guidelines.
Submit your assignment to the Assignment Files tab.
Option 2: Reagan Opposition to Memorial Letter
You are an active member of the Democratic National Committee. You have recently heard that the Ronald Reagan Foundation has submitted a proposal to build a Ronald Reagan Memorial on the National Mall in Washington D.C. You feel that his memorial would distract from the more prominent Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial. You decide to write a letter to the National Park Service’s Capitol Regional Director to dissuade him from even considering the proposal. In your letter you must include what you consider his non-successes in office, both in his domestic and foreign policy. Additionally, address some of the negative outcomes with the end of the Cold War era.
Write a 700- to 1,050-word letter that includes paragraphs on both his domestic and foreign policy failures.
Include one additional scholarly source from the University Library or reliable websites, in addition to the textbook.
Use the letter template below.
Format your references according to appropriate course-level APA guidelines on a separate page.
Submit your assignment to the Assignment Files tab.
[Your street address]
[Your city]
[Your postcode]
[Day, Month, Year]
Name, Regional Director
National Park Service
1100 Ohio Drive, SW
Washington D.C. 20242
Dear [recipient’s name and title]
[Main body should be 700 to 1,050 words]
Yours sincerely,
[Name]
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Reagan Memorial Proposal
Your street address
Your city
Your postcode
24, January, 2018
Name, Regional Director
National Park Service
1100 Ohio Drive, SW
Washington D.C. 20242
Dear Allan, Cayce, Foundation Manager,
I am here to state some of the achievements of Ronald Reagan during his presidency in
the year (1980-1989). Within this years, Reagan obtained different achievements that must be
remembered. Amid the administration of Ronald Reagan, the American economy went from a
GDP development of - 0.3% of every 1980 to 4.1% of every 1988, averaging 7.91% yearly
development in current dollars. From November 1982, when Reagan's monetary strategies
started to produce results, to November 1989, not long after he cleared out the office, 18.7
million new occupations were made; a record for a similar period around then. The measure of
riches created amid this seven-year time span was around $30 trillion worth of products and
enterprises; again a world record. The monetary changes of Ronald Reagan brought about one of
the biggest peacetime financial blasts in American history. Reagan likewise disentangled the
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duty code by diminishing quantity of expense sections to four and cutting various tax cuts. This
was do...