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One of the reasons Californians voted for Ronald Reagan was because they believed he would put a stop to the unrest on the state's college campuses in the 1960s.
As governor, he tightened laws against unlawful assembly. He also suspended state financial support of students convicted of campus disturbances and called in the National Guard to quell unrest at the University of California, Berkeley. It is less well known that spending for education increased 89 percent during the Reagan administration, and aid to the university system rose more than 105 percent.
"Anarchy in the name of academic freedom on the campus and on our streets will not be tolerated."
-- Ronald Reagan |