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The Reagan Era Facts

Brain Snacks

Following his inauguration in 1980, Ronald Reagan redecorated the Oval Office by taking down the portrait of Democratic President Harry Truman and replacing it with a portrait of Republican Calvin...

Key Quotes

"There have been times in this office when I've wondered how you could do this job if you hadn't been an actor."
– Ronald Reagan, 198850
"Govern...

Statistics

President Reagan's public approval rating upon his retirement from office in 1989: 70%
Number of presidents who finished their terms with a higher approval rating than Reagan, since Franklin Ro...

Acronyms

ICBM: Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
GDP: Gross Domestic Product
GOP: Grand Old Party (a.k.a. Republican Party)
NSC: National Security Council
USSR:<...