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This court case led to the decision of not allowing a university to use racial "quotas."
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This macroeconomic theory argues that economic growth is most affected by lowering tax rates and decreasing regulation.
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This is an economic theory that states the benefits of the wealthy trickle down to everyone else.
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On January 20, 1981 Ronald Reagan was elected as the President of the United States.
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This act was created to encourage economic growth through reductions in individual income tax rates.
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This particular strike involved PATCO workers who wanted $10,000 wage rise, a shorter work week, and better retirement benefits. They were forced to go back to work due to Reagan stating that contracts would be cancelled and lifetime employment ban would take place in 48 hours.
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Sandra Day O'Connor was the first women to serve on the Supreme Court, as a Justice. She was appointed by Ronald Reagan in 1981 and served until 2006.
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The first reported case of AIDS was in 1981.
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The Boland Amendment is a term used to describe three U.S. legislative amendments from 1982-1984. These amendments were created to limit U.S. government assistance to the Contras.
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The Strategic Defense Initiative was a missile system (proposed) to protect the United States. This plan was announced publicly for the first time by President Ronald Reagan on March 23, 1983.
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These bombings were an act of terrorism during the Lebanese Civil War.
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Walter Mondale was the Vice President to Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1981. He was later defeated by Ronald Reagan, once again, in the election of 1984.
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In 1984 Geraldine Ferraro became the first female vice presidential candidate to represent a major American political party.
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This affair was a major political scandal that occurred during the second term of Ronald Reagan. This particular scandal went on for two years. This involved the secretly facilitated selling of arms to Iran by Senior administration officials.
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Mikhail Gorbachev was the General Secretary of the Communist Party for the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991.
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Bob Dole was the Republican leader of the United States Senate from 1985 to 1996.
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William Rehnquist served as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court from 1986 until his death in 2005. He was appointed to this position by President Ronald Reagan.
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This act criminalized the hiring of known illegal immigrants.
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"Tear down this wall" is a line from a speech made by President Ronald Reagan in regards to the Berlin Wall in 1987.
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This was an agreement between the United States and the USSR on the elimination of nuclear and conventional missiles.
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This was a phrase from a 1988 presidential campaign speech made by George H.W. Bush.
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This was an organization founded by Osama Bin Laden that organized the attack on 9/11.
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This was a prominent American political organization associated with the Christian right and Republican Party.
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George H.W. Bush was elected as President of the United States of America in 1989.
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The Tiananmen Square protests were student held demonstrations in Beijing.
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The Berlin Wall was finally torn down in 1989, this symbolically marked the end of the Cold War.
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The United States invaded Panama from 1989 to 1990 and ended up in a US victory.
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This particular political group was voted out of office in 1990. This is a democratic socialist political party that was formed in Nicaragua.
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This was a religious movement with the primary goal of returning the foundations of faith.
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Lech Walesa was the President of Poland from 1990 to 1995.
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This was a year long war that involved in the buildup of troops and defenses of Saudi Arabia.
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This act prohibits any discriminating behavior towards those with disabilities.
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Internet was originally brought up in 1983 but become more popular in 1990.
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Perestroika was a Russian political movement in the Communist Party and was highly associated with Glasnost until 1991.
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The Soviet Union finally dissolved in 1991.
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Boris Yeltsin was the first President of the Russian Federation from 1991 to 1999.
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Clarence Thomas was appointed as the Associate Justice of the Supreme Court in 1991.
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The United States entered NAFTA in 1991 to establish a trilateral trade bloc in North America.
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In 1991, Wayne LaPierre became the president of the National Rifle Association.
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Bosnia and Kosovo were two nations of Yugoslavia that decided to become independent in 1991.
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Ross Perot ran a presidential campaign in 1992 and ran against both Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush.
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In 1993 the PLO and Israel came to an agreement which led to the PLO recognizing Israel's right to exist.
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This was a bilateral treaty between the US and Russia on the limitation of defense arms.
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Bill Clinton served as the President of the United States from 1993 to 2001.
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This was a health plan proposed by Bill Clinton that later on failed.
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An ethnic cleansing is the genocide of unwanted ethnic or religious groups in a culture.
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These two territories were passed over to the PLO in a 1993 treaty.
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This is a European economic organization that consists of 28 member states.
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Al Gore served as the Vice President of the United States of America from 1993 to 2001.
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Hillary Clinton served as the First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001.
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This was a policy instituted by Bill Clinton that allowed homosexuals to enter the military.
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This bill enacted federal background checks and a waiting period for the purchase of firearms.
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This political group was founded in 1994.
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Newt Gingrich was the Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999.
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This was a domestic terrorist attack on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building.
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This particular treaty was extended in 1995.
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The World Trade Organization was founded to regulate international trade.
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This was a welfare reform that led to limited-time assistance for those in need of welfare.
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This was a document released by the Republican Party during the 1994 Congressional election campaign.
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Madeleine Albright served as the first woman to be the United States Secretary of State from 1997 to 2001.
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This was a political forum from 1997 to 2014 with participation of the major industrialized countries in the world.
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Clinton was impeached in February of 1999 due to various charges.
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This court case settled a recount dispute in Florida's 2000 presidential election.
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George W. Bush was elected as the President of the United States of America in 2001.
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This refers to changes made in the tax codes by George W. Bush.
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This was a terrorist attack on the Twin Towers in New York City.
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This was the most recent educational act that took place in the United States.
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George W. Bush founded the Department of Homeland Security as a means of protecting the United States.
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This was a term used by George W. Bush concerning countries involved with terrorism and weapons of mass destruction.
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Saddam Hussein was the President of Iraq from 1979 to 2003.
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This was an operation during the Iraq War that led to the overthrow of Saddam Hussein.
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This was a prison where many United States military officials violated the human rights of many detainees.
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Yasser Arafat was the leader of the PLO until his death in 2004.
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This was a natural catastrophe event that caused much damage to Texas and Florida.
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This a protocol that ensures a global reduction in the use of greenhouse gases.
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This particular term is an abbreviation for weapons of mass destruction.
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Sarah Palin served as the ninth Governor of Alaska from 2006 to 2009.
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This particular commodities company ceased operations in 2007.
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This refers to the time the real estate market experienced an incredible spike.
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This refers to a period of global economic decline in the early 2000's.
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These were privately owned but government sponsored enterprises.
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John McCain lost the 2008 presidential election to Barack Obama.
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This was a Supreme Court Case that was concerned with the Second Amendment Rights.
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Barack Obama was the first African-American President of the United States of America.
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This was a Republican Conservative movement on federal budgeting.
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Sonia Sotomayor is a current Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, she was appointed in 2009.
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This act was a Wall Street Reform and Consumer Act.
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This was an act that was created to lower the health costs of the country.
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This is another name for the Arab Revolutions that took place during the time.
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This was a case concerning the regulation of political campaign spending by organizations.
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Osama Bin Laden was shot and killed by US forces in 2011.
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This is an ongoing war that is taking place in Syria and started in 2011.
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In 2012 the United States Treasury started taking extreme measures to try and solve the debt problem.
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Mitt Romney was the Republican Party's presidential nominee for the 2012 election.
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This budget led to the smallest budget since 2008.
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John Kerry served as the United States Secretary of State from 2013 to 2017.
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This was an act of Islamic terrorism on a Boston Marathon in 2013.
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This was a Supreme Court case concerning the constitutionality of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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In 2013 a law was passed that allowed the marriage of same-sex couples.
