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Reagan and conservatism

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“It is no accident that this unmatched potential for progress and prosperity exists in three countries with such long-standing heritages of free government. A developing closeness among Canada, Mexico, and the United States–a North American accord–would permit achievement of that potential in each country beyond that which I believe any of them–strong as they are–could accomplish in the absence of such cooperation.”
-Source: Ronald Reagan, at his announcement for Presidential Candidacy, 1979
The ideas in the excerpt most directly contributed to which of the following?
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