Reagan Questions

1. What are the problems America faces?

Unemployment and recession

2. What are Reagan's solutions?

Stopping inflation, Putting Americans back to work

3. What makes Reagan effective here?

Humor always wins people over and makes them remember what you said.

4. What does this reveal about Reagan?

That he can think quickly and make it work well and be effective. I revels that he doesn't always take himself extremely seriously.

5. What policy decisions might Reagan make according to this?

He would make peace and negotiate policys until America wins over.

6. How did this event effect Reagan's role with the American public?

I think that America most likely started to view Reagan as a real person who really could be hurt. Also, they probably thought that it was crazy that someone tried to kill a President yet again, and that we could all be in danger.

7. Who is the audience for this speech?

The audience is religious people, the Americans that would agree with him. Especially when he said "I would rather my daughters die now than grow up in a world not believing in God". This would hit very religious people the most, obviously.

8. What is the argument Reagan makes here?

He says that Americans are not going to be proud enough.

9. What do you think Reagan's agenda is in this speech?

He wants to show that communism is definitely not okay, especially not for the children of the United States. Like the example he used of his daughters and not wanting them to grow up in a communist world not believing in God.

10. What is the message here?

The message is that America has grown and progressed since Reagan came into office.

11. How does the Ad use Carter?

Reagan has created more jobs than President Carter did.

12. What does the Ad suggest about the character/morals of the country?

It suggests that America is progressing to try and be the best that it can be. As well as saying that Americans have different morals and standards than it used to, because all of the people's views are different of have changed.

13. What is the critisism of communism being offered here?

The critisism is that communism doesn't work and that it is bad for children to be raised around it because they will not "believe in God" anymore. He says that America should stay away from it, as well as the rest of the world.

14. Do you think this was an effective speech?

Yes, Reagan appealed to a fairly good and wide range of people and made it personal, like with his daughters, so that people really would listen to what he was saying and take it to heart.

15. Who is the audience for this broadcast?

For the most part, the audience is the American people, as well as anyone standing behind the United States and allied.

16. What do you think the American people thought of this action and Reagan's explanation of it?

I think that both Americans and Reagan thought what he was doing was right, and liked the way that he went about it as well. It somewhat showed America that Reagan knows what he is doing and does have plans for the future.