Answer :
One way that the policies of President Reagan affected Americans was C. Cutbacks in welfare programs increased poverty, negatively affecting low-income Americans.
What did Reagan do?
President Reagan was a proponent of reduced taxes in the economy and so had to cut some government spending to reduce taxes.
One thing that was cut was welfare spending and this led to more poverty in the United States which negatively affected the lowest earning Americans.
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