Which president would have been most likely to agree that the government’s role in people’s lives should be more limited ?

A. Ronald Reagan

B. Barack Obama

C. Franklin D. Roosevelt

D. Lyndon B. Johnson

Explanation:

Ronald Reagan's presidency marked a shift in US government, being the first Conservative US president in over 50 years after a loss of confidence in liberal programs, that especially rose after Nixon's watergate scandal. One of his campaign slogans was "Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem" and sought to begin a new era of national renewal. His presidency marked the starting point of what is known as the Reagan Era, to refer to the lasting impact that the Reagan Revolution had on domestic and foreign policy, as he fought for and achieved to decrease the size of federal government, his administration enacted a major tax cut, eliminated federal regulations, decreased federal government responsibility in solving social problems, reducing restrictions on business and cutting spending for domestic programs and an increase in defense spending.