Political positions of Ronald Reagan Political positions of Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967–1975). Reagan served as President during the later part of the Cold War, an era of political and ideological disagreement between the United States and the Soviet Union. Reagan labeled the Soviet Union an "evil empire" that would be consigned to the "ash heap of history" and he later predicted that communism would collapse. He reversed the policy of détente and massively built up the United States military. Through it, Reagan ordered production of the MX missile, the
Ronald W. Reagan High School in a single-vehicle accident believed to have been due to sending text messages while driving. A memorial garden has been established in the southeast corner of the campus. Ronald W. Reagan High School Ronald Wilson Reagan High School is a high school under the direction of the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools system in Pfafftown, North Carolina, United States, and is named after former US president Ronald Reagan. It had a student population of approximately 1,850 for the 2014-2015 school year. The school was constructed to begin operation at the beginning of the 2005-2006 school year. Reagan was a North Carolina 4A