Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States, serving from 1981 to 1989.
In the election of 1980, Republicans won the presidency, control of the Senate, and 34 seats in the House of Representatives.
"Reaganomics" refers to the economic policies promoted by the U.S. President Ronald Reagan during the 1980s.
President Reagan made many new court appointments during his administration and ran into challenges with the Democrats in Congress.
The Gay Rights movement grew out of the Gay Liberation Movement of the 1970's, pursuing equality through the framework of civil rights.
Reagan won the election of 1984 in a landslide, winning 58.8% of the popular vote to Mondale's 40.6% and a record 525 electoral votes.
President Reagan has been criticized for his political responses to poverty, homelessness, and the outbreak of the AIDS epidemic.