Sputnik I was the world's first ever artificial satellite that launched by the Soviet Union in 1957. This marked the start of the "space age" which pushed the race between the US and the USSR in the field. Because of this "competition", many scientific discoveries were made to study and even travel to outer space.
Charisma and propaganda--Reagan knew how to reach his audience and convince the American people they were in a state of danger and he had been able to keep them safe.
The Reagan administration focused on Cold War tactics first convincing American citizens they were unsafe in a world with communism and the USSR. He then developed military focus and propaganda to prove his leadership was keeping Americans safe. This with large tax breaks and a sense of conservative 'normalcy' made him very popular with the majority of white America.
For starters, he cut down taxes on companies. He believed that the companies could then increase salaries and create new job opportunities. People could also join the market easier and open their own companies since the taxes were smaller. With more companies in the market, the competition was greater, the prices and the products were better. Or at least that's how it was supposed to work in theory.
1) they both believed in only one God
2) they were both founded in Southern Levant