Ronald Reagan Assassination

Killing Reagan: The Violent Assault That Changed a Presidency is a book by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard. The book is a biographical depiction of President Ronald Reagan, including a look at his career as an actor, marriage to Nancy Reagan, an assassination attempt during his presidency, and eventual physical and mental decline.

On March 30, 1981 Ronald Reagan is giving a speech at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington D.C. John Hinckley Jr. is waiting outside the hotel with the intent to impress the young actress Jodie Foster, who he had fallen in love with after watching the movie Taxi Driver His plan to impress her was to kill the president of the United States Ronald Reagan. As Reagan was leaving the hotel after his speech John Hinckley approaches Reagan pulling out a 22. Pistol Hinckley fires six shots hitting 4 men including Reagan, police officer Thomas K. Delahanty, press secretary James Brady, and secret servicemen Tim McCarthy. Hinckley is apprehended by authorities was found not guilty by reasons of insanity and was then placed in a mental hospital in Washington D.C.(O’Reily Dugard) This was one of many defining moments in Reagan’s life and all moments help him become the man he was. Ronald Wilson Reagan Was the most influential and charismatic presidents of the United States of America.

When President Abraham Lincoln assassination occurs on 1865, vice president Andrew Johnson gained office. Lincoln was a moderate Republican, who wanted to rebuild the nation without punishing the South, and wanted to give African American the right to vote or suffrage. Before his assassination, he had a plan for reconstruction in where he would pardon the south and allow them to reintegrate the Union. It would only have been possible if 10% of the voters took an oath of loyalty, but due to his dead, the 10% plan couldn't be carried out. President Johnson was a Democrat that believes that citizenship and voting rights were to be determined by each state individually; he also agreed with Lincoln that states never legally left the Union. In fact,

They elected Ronald Reagan in 1980 who had a controversial plan for fixing the U.S. economy, later dubbed “Reaganomics.”

In 1981 President Ronald Reagan survived an assassination attempt. The time was estimated around 2:25 p.m. The day was March 30, 1981. The shooter was a 25 year old male by the name of John Hinckley Jr. Ronald Reagan was shot the round punctured his lung; three others were also injured during the shooting. Ronald Reagan had just finished giving a

It was March 30th, 1981. Reagan was leaving the Washington Hotel after a speech when he was shot. The bullet came out of John W. Hinckley Junior’s gun. The bullet hit Reagan's left arm and ricocheted off the limousine. Regan was shoved into the limo by a secret service men and rushed to the Washington University Hospital. Another secret service member was shot but not severely wounded. The hospital said the bullet missed Reagan's heart by a little less than an inch. He lived through the wound, but had to have surgery that removed the bullet and repaired the collapsed lung. When going into surgery, Reagan was telling jokes the the surgeons like “Please tell me you are the republicans.” (www.millercenter.org/president/ronald-reagan/key-events). After healing, Reagan appeared at a Joint Session of Congress. He believed this gunshot survival showed him to be very tough and manly. Although, the press secretary was not so lucky. James brady suffered severe and permanent brain damage from his wounds. He later advocated a passage for gun control laws. The “Brady Bill”, named after him, was passed to have a background check when purchasing a weapon. In 1982, a trial was held for John. He was found not guilty because of insanity. He was sent to Saint Elizabeth’s hospital, for treatment. On April 11th, Reagan was officially recovered and ready to take back to the white house. Reagan handled this

Hinckley shot Reagan in the chest during an assassination attempt. John has santed to court and later they found Hinckley was not guilty because of insanity. Hinckely was sented to a mental hospital. After the assassinations attempt the support for Reagan increased public support for Reagan. In 1984 the Republicans nominated Reagan and Bush for a second term. Reagan promised to keep taxes down, and won 59 percent of the popular vote and carried 49 states. In the 1986 elections the Democrats regained control of the Senate. During his last two years in office, unable to run for reelection himself, Reagan found it harder to get his legislative proposals finished. Foreign affairs In the Middle East, Reagan came out several times with U.S. forces to help out with army and military needs. In the early 1980s, armed conflict broke out in Lebanon between the Christian government and a number of Muslim groups. In effort to strengthen the Christian government, Reagan sent marines to Lebanon to help out. In October 1983 a bomb killed nearly 250 marines and other U.S. service members at their Beirut headquarters. In 1986 a bomb in a West German dance club killed an U.S. soldier and injured others. Reagan claimed that Libya was responsible for the bombing activities, retaliated with air strikes against several Libyan cities on April 15, 1986 and related to the supporting of Christian government in Libya. The President Reagan was one of the greatest presidents.

In 1898, Theodore Roosevelt become the Governor of New York, and In 1901 he became the Vice President of the United State (William McKinley was the president) In that same year Theodore became the president, because McKinley was shot and killed. Since Theodore was the Vice president, he was promoted to president. He was the 26th president and also he youngest president to be in the office at the age 42. John F. Kennedy later became the youngest person to win the election and become president at the age of 43. After 3 years, the Panama Canal was set to build. In that time period, there were a lot of people saying that, it was a bad idea, and others said it was a good idea, but he didn’t listen to anyone but himself. He talked with engineers

Just two months into his presidency, Ronald Reagan lay near death after a gunman's bullet came within inches of his heart. His recovery was nothing short of remarkable -- or so it seemed. But Reagan was grievously injured, forcing him to encounter a challenge that few men ever face. Could he silently overcome his traumatic experience while at the same time carrying out the duties of the most powerful man in the world?

On April 14th, 1865 our Commander and Chief, Abraham Lincoln was assassinated during a show at Ford’s Theater. As an uprising nation we could not have gone without a President. Therefore the second in line the Vice President in this case Andrew Johnson must take the place of Lincoln. On April 15th, 1865 a Inauguration was held for Andrew Johnson in the Kirkwood House. (picture below Kirkwood House) Johnson was raised in a poor family, his father died and his mother remarried to a man who owned a local tailor shop and taught Andrew and his brother about politics. He took over the tailor shop when he grew older and he discovered it was a great place for political discussions. (On the right, the picture shows the Johnson family tailor

During Reagan’s presidency, only 69 days after being put into office, John Hinckley attempted to assassinate

Ronald Reagan of the United States under the chairmanship from 1981 to 1989. Despite the fact that the country is facing serious economic and social problems, has been popular throughout most of the period when he was in office. During his presidency, he and his administration have worked continuously to build its image as a true American. Partly because of his image, the public ignored the rise in unemployment, wage cuts, the increase of people living in poverty, an increase in children born outside of marriage, and a growing number of people in prison. Reagan was popular because the audience focused on his image and his promises, not what actually happens.

Within the past 30 plus years, there have been three main things that either have or still currently impact our society and generation in America as a whole; Modern Day Immigration, the concept of “Reaganomics”, and the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11th, 2001 (also known as 9/11). For a variety of reasons, these things have turned into either political, economic, or societal issues (or often times a combination of the three). Over the years, these things have helped shape society into what we know and see it as today, for better or worse.

Abraham Lincoln, a name who many know, was the first US president to ever be assassinated. Lincoln was elected to the House of Representatives in 1846 and he began his term the following year. Originally, he was not popular among the voters and he decided to not go for reelection but in 1861 Abraham Lincoln was elected to be the 16th president of the United States. Shortly after the election, seven southern states seceded and created the Confederate States of America causing the Civil war. Several years after the election, John Wilkes Booth successfully killed Lincoln. Therefore, with Lincoln being the first president to be assassinated, America was shocked upon hearing of his death but his passing tested the country and the strength of our constitutional plan for success.

On June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie were shot dead in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip, a member of a Serbian nationalist group called the Black Hand. The Black Hand was derived from a secret Serbian terrorist organization called the Narodna Odbrana, which worked towards the unification of all South Slavs in an independent, sovereign country called Yugoslavia. The Narodna Odbrana was created because South Slavs living in Serbia, as well as in Bosnia and other Slavic provinces, felt a strong nationalistic desire to unify all the members of their cultural group in a new country called Yugoslavia. The Black Hand’s commitment to Serbian nationalism led it to replace the Narodna Odbrana, while adopting its purpose, organization, and terrorist philosophy. Members of the Black Hand, driven by their desire to die as martyrs, assassinated Franz Ferdinand to quickly set the tone for a revolution meant to weaken the powerful state of Austria-Hungary and unite all South Slavs in a Yugoslavic nation.