I was wondering if somebody could help me improve on my answers to these questions below. Thank you.
One:
Despite Watergate, did not Richard Nixon's presidency start the Republican ascendency of the following period? Why and how did this happen?
-1. Yes it did. The Republican ascendancy began following the defeat of Barry Goldwater. The Republican landslide in Congressional and State Legislative elections in 1975, which are directly linked to NixonÕs popularity and successes, led to Republican domination of all branches of government that has now lasted for decades. Nixon was conservative (i.e., strong) on foreign policy and judicial appointments but liberal otherwise. He did many liberal things in domestic policy, but not the huge expansion in the welfare state like his predecessor. Nixon started several themes slower expansion of government benefits, strong defense.
Two:
Explore both the strengths and weaknesses of Ronald Reagan's presidency. What has made his vision so dominant ever since?
-2. The reason Ronald Reagan is still seen as the poster boy of the Republican Party is because of how decisive his actions were, when there was a conflict he threw a solution at it good or bad. Regan also put into effect Reganomics which basicly took all government control out of the marketplace essentially the republican dream, this model of economics allowed for big businesses to go into small towns and buy out all the small business thus creating a huge strife for the little people, it is believed that this model of economics is one of the leading causes for the 2008 recession as it took awhile to rebuild after that and we had a tug a war over finance from the Bushes and Clinton
Three:
A popular expression asserts that "9-11 changed everything." In your reasoned opinion, based on the text and our discussions, do you think this is an accurate reading of American History since 2001?
-3. Yes - before that, these quasi-religious, primitive tribal wars were mostly a thing of certain regions in the world, like malaria. The US was mostly a safe, prosperous, and civilized place, you could say the pinnacle of modern development and wealth. These savages finally managed to hurt it, like a monkey that got hold of a handgun. It was a shame, and a murder. I hope they're very proud of what they did. They ruined something magnificent - like some redneck shooting a peacock, just because he'd never seen one before.
They brought their primitive superstitious and savage existence to America and got it on our shoes, changing our lifestyle to be more like theirs - a 300 year setback. Bravo.
I think history will record this era as the time that terrorus split off from homo sapiens and ultimately went extinct because it couldn't keep up and fell too far behind.
That attack was the first large-scale attack on American soil since colonial times, certainly the first real attack on home soil since the USA had brought itself to fruition as a nation. So indeed a game-changer, except that a large number of Americans screamed "conspiracy theory" and tried to blame it on some government agency. (Americans are the world champion conspiracy theorists)
And it changed everything, in that the USA and Brtiain etc attacked and occupied Afghanistan, and in that the USA and Britain attacked and occupied Iraq. Those actions have helped to destabilise the Middle East, and to bring on the rise of militant Islam. Those consequences were not forseen, but are with us now.
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