Ronald Reagan

Ronald Regan
    1) What are the problems that America face?
The rises in the general level of prices everywhere, and this is called inflation.

    2)What are Regan's solutions?
He believes that the government is not the solution, the government is the problem. He also says that people need to set their minds to working on fixing this problem, and if everyone works together, the problem will be fixed, and we will all have peace.

    3) What makes Regan effective here?
That he made a little joke about how he used to agree with democrats, and that was the problem.


    4) What does this reveal about Regan? (Consider the saying: "Wit has truth in it.")
That he is a funny guy and is a strong believer in being a republican rather than being a democrat.

   5) What policy decisions might Reagan make according to this?
    He is saying that there should be freedom because that will persuade people to vote for him to become president.

    6) How did this event effect Reagan's role with the American public?
    A guy in the video said that he would like to give him a taste of his own medicine.

    7) Who is the audience for this speech?
    People from the University of Virgina.

    8) What is the argument Regan makes here?
    To choose between right and wrong, and good and evil.

    9) What do you think Regan's agenda is in this speech?
    to persuade people into believing what he believes.

    10) What is the message here?
    That more people are working now, getting married, and buying houses because the interest rates are going down now, and prices are the lowest that they have been in the last 4 years.

    11) How does the ad use Carter?
    They didn't.

    12) What does the ad suggest about the characters/morals of the country?
    Just that the country is alot better when Regan is there, because everyone is happier.

    13) What is the criticism of communism being offered here?
    That Regan wants people to believe in him.

    14) Do you think this was an effective speech?
    Yeah, because he made it clear what he wanted for our country.

    15) Who is the audience for this broadcast?
    He was speaking to the commited.

    16) What do you think the American people thought of this action and Reagan's explanation of it?
    They think that people should stand up and make a change.

    17) What was the foreign response, do you think?
    That they are going to try to fix things.