Ronald Reagan
•40th U.S. President
•A former Hollywood actor
•Elected for a second term in 1984
•Saw the USSR as the ‘evil empire’ and wouldn’t negotiate with them for the first years of his Presidency
•Was much more hardline than the détente Presidents
•Increased military spending dramatically as part of the renewed arms race with the USSR
•A former Hollywood actor
•Elected for a second term in 1984
•Saw the USSR as the ‘evil empire’ and wouldn’t negotiate with them for the first years of his Presidency
•Was much more hardline than the détente Presidents
•Increased military spending dramatically as part of the renewed arms race with the USSR
Republican Ronald Reagan became the oldest President elected when he took office as the 40th President of the United States. He served two terms as President, from 1981 to 1989