Was Ronald Reagan a Great President?

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Originally Posted by Ferd

You are quite right about the 14 points and understanding what ww1 was about.

but he also wanted us to move to a parlamentary system. As i said, he was a brilliant man. maybe the smartest President in our history.

Used to have the kids examine the 14 points and line them up w/ the causes of WWI .... it made you appreciate Wilson's mind and the errors of the Treaty of Versailles. And subsequenty ... understand the rise of totalitarianism, facism and the causes of WWII.

I loved teaching the second half of US history especially from Reconstruction to WWII ... when I taught Social Studies.

An amazing time ... going from a pre-industrial, rural, agrarian society and exploding into industrialization, ubanization, modernization ...

If you lived from 1865-1950 or so ... imagine what you would have witnessed in your lifetime.

But you know what ... I enjoyed teaching the Pre-Columbian period and Colonization just as much.