Passage (CAG_ELA 9_Ronald Reagan's Inaugural Address) Read Ronald Reagan's Inaugural Address below and answer the following questions analyzing this piece of informational text. Ronald Reagan: First Inaugural Address By: Ronald Reagan Tuesday, January 20, 1981 1To a few of us here today, this is a solemn and most momentous occasion; and yet, in the history of our Nation, it is a commonplace occurrence. The orderly transfer of authority as called for in the Constitution routinely takes place as it has for almost two centuries and few of us stop to think how unique we really are. In the eyes of many in the world, this every-4-year ceremony we accept as normal is nothing less than a miracle. 2 Mr. President, I want our fellow citizens to know how much you did to carry on this tradition. By your gracious cooperation in the transition process, you have shown a watching world that we are a united people pledged to maintaining a political system which guarantees individual liberty to a greater degree than any other, and I thank you and your people for all your help in maintaining the continuity which is the bulwark of our Republic. 3 The business of our nation goes forward. These United States are confronted with an economic affliction of great proportions. We suffer from the longest and one of the worst sustained inflations in our national history. It distorts our economic decisions, penalizes thrift, and crushes the struggling young and the fixed-income elderly alike. It threatens to shatter the lives of millions of our people. 4 Idle industries have cast workers into unemployment, causing human misery and personal indignity. Those who do work are denied a fair return for their labor by a tax system which penalizes successful achievement and keeps us from maintaining full productivity. 5 But great as our tax burden is, it has not kept pace with public spending. For decades, we have piled deficit upon deficit, mortgaging our future and our children's future for the temporary convenience of the present. To continue this long trend is to guarantee tremendous social, cultural, political, and economic upheavals. 6 You and I, as individuals, can, by borrowing, live beyond our means, but for only a limited period of time. Why, then, should we think that collectively, as a nation, we are not bound by that same limitation? 7 We must act today in order to preserve tomorrow. And let there be no misunderstanding - we are going to begin to act, beginning today. Reagan's praise for the outgoing president in paragraph 2 establishes what attitude in the reader's mind? (RI3) Group of answer choices A) That Reagan doesn’t think the outgoing President did a very good job
B) That the outgoing President was a better President than Reagan will be
C) That Reagan acknowledges and appreciated the former President’s contributions to America
D) That Reagan likes the outgoing President