1980-2001

By karlym5

  • 39th President

    Ronald Reagan is inaugurated President

  • Equal Rights Amendment

    Deadline for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution passes without the necessary
    votes

  • Reagon's second term

    Reagan's second inauguration

  • Challenge

    In a speech in Berlin, President Reagan challenges Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down this wall and open Eastern Europe to political and economic reform.

  • 41st President

    George H. W. Bush is inaugurated

  • Build up to War

    Iraqi troops invade Kuwait, leading to the Persian Gulf War

  • Persian Gulf War

    U.S. leads international coalition in military operation (code name is Desert Storm) to drive Iraqis out
    of Kuwait

  • Bombing

    destruction of federal office building in Oklahoma City kills 168 people