In the 1850s they defended slavery in the United States, and promoted its expansion into the West against northern Free Soil opposition.
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.
Written Laws are more valuable than spoken laws because you have it written, you have it on paper,. You that persons writing and if anyone goes against it you have it on paper, not the witness of that person saying it. You have proof.
Jesus' death was written in Matthew and there was many books written after that and the books were written just a few years after Jesus' death.