Watch the following documentary and answer the question below. Please highlight your answers.
1. What did Ronald Reagan admit to the American people in 1994?
2. What were some reasons why people loved Ronald Reagan?
3. List three facts about Ronald Reagan’s childhood.
4. Describe Ronald’s father and mother.
5. What helped Ronald in school?
6. Where did Ronald go to college and what was his major?
7. How did Reagan get into politics and acting?
8. Why was Reagan’s father a fan of FDR?
9. How did Ronald get into working on the radio?
10. What put Ronald’s acting career on hold?
11. What assignment did Ronald have during WWII?
12. What did WWII ignite in Reagan?
13. In 1947, what was Reagan elected as?
14. What changed Reagan’s political convictions?
15. How did his job at General Electric theater influence Ronald Reagan?
16. What marked Ronald Reagan’s last action as a liberal?
17. Why did presidential candidate Barry Goldwater reach out to Reagan?
18. What points did Reagan address in his “A Time for Choosing” speech?
19. What was Reagan’s first major political role?
20. How did Reagan prove to be a great governor?
21. What major issues influenced the 1980 election?
22. What important news did Reagan announce after his inaugural speech?
23. What issues did Reagan start to address once he became president?
24. Who is Sandra Day O’Connor?
25. What did Reagan do to show American military power in Europe and the Middle East?
26. What happened during the TWA hostage situation?
27. What event changed US/Soviet relations?
28. How did the Iran Hostage situation (weapons for hostages) affect Reagan’s reputation?
29. What did Ronald Reagan accomplish that no other Cold War president could not accomplish?
30. When did Ronald Reagan die?
31. How did Reagan’s presidency help the American people to trust the government again?