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Governer Jimmy Carter won the 1976 election over President Gerald Ford. He won because he was a "Washington Outsider" when there was a lot of public distrust of the government. He was also committed to human rights. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1976
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Proposition 13 was approved by Califonia voters on June 6, 1978. It was a movement meant to lower the state's property taxes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Proposition_13_%281978%29
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This was one of President Carter's most significant foreign policy achievement; he organized a peace treaty with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Isreali Prime Minister Menachem Begin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Begin,_Carter_and_Sadat_at_Camp_David_1978.jpg
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Jerry Falwell, a televangelist, and Paul Weyrich founded the Moral Majority in June of 1979. It was founded to suport conservative issues. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_Majority
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By 2000, the United States agreed to transfer control of the Panama Canal back to Panama. President Carter met with General Omar Torrijos to do this
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Being led by Ayatollah Khomeini, an Islamic revolution occured and Shah, which was backed by the United States, was overthrown. Revolutionaries took 52 American hostages form the US Embassy and kept them for 444 days against their will. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_hostage_crisis
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Afghanistan was invaded by the Soviet Union, which led Carter to placing an embargo on grain exports to the U.S.S.R. The United States also boycotted the 1980 Olympics held in Moscow. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mortar_attack_on_Shigal_Tarna_garrison,_Kunar_Province,_87.jpg
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C.N.N., or the Cable News Network, was launched on June 1, 1980 by Ted Turner. It was the first ever channel to offer news from around the world all day, every day. Today, it is still one of the largest companies in the world and covers a great deal of important news. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNN
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The Iran Hostage Crisis actually helped Ronald Reagan to beat President Carter in the 1980 election http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1980
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N.A.S.A. launched the first ever space shuttle, Columbia, on March 12, 1981. Before it was destroyed on re-entry, it had made 27 missions into space. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Columbia
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Music Television (MTV) was launched on August 1, 1981. It offered the first music videos on television, which are now a major part of the everyday, American lifestyle. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV
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Sandra Day O'Connor begins serving as the first female Justice of the Supreme Court! She was appointed by President Ronald Reagan. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandra_Day_O%27Connor
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The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) was proposed by President Reagan on March 23, 1983. He funded it to develop a system to intercept and destroy nuclear missiles. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Defense_Initiative
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President Reagan sent American troops to the Caribbean island of Grenada to remove communists and set up a more US friendly government. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Grenada
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President Reagan wins reelection over Walter Mondale http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1984
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73 seconds after the space shuttle, the Challenger, had lifted off, it broke apart and exploded, which led to the death of several crew members. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disaster
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People who were part of President Ronald Reagan's administration, such as Colonel Oliver North, sold weapons to Iran so that they would let go of United States hostages that were located in the Middle East. The money that the US recieved from the sales were given to the Contras, even after Congress had forbiden it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Contra_affair
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President Reagan met with the Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev to sign the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. The treaty took out nuclear and ground missiles within an "Intermediate" range, thought of as about 500 to 5,000 kilometers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermediate-Range_Nuclear_Forces_Treaty
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George H. W. Bush wins the elction over the democrat Michael Dukakis in 1988. He called for "compassionate conservation" for his domestic policy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1988
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This is a large city square right in the center of Beijing where the Chinese communist government ended a student demonstration that was pro-democracy in 1989. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiananmen_Square
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President William "Bill" Clinton defeated President George H. W. Bush in the 1992 election, as well as the independent candidtate H. Ross Perot. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1992
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The North American Free Trade Agreement was signed between the US, Mexico, and Canada to promote free trade and increase the US exports to compete with the European Union. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Free_Trade_Agreement
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The World Trade Organization (WTO) was formed so that they could settle disagreements between nations. Opposers of this program feared that this would cause the loss of unskilled jobs to cheaper labor overseas. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Trade_Organization
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George W. Bush wins the 2000 election over Democrat Al Gore and Green Party candidate Ralph Nader. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_2000
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Four planes were hijacked, and three of them crashed into the World Trade Twin Towers, and the other into the Pentagon. This was the act of an Islamic group named Al Qaida, which was led by Osama Bin Laden. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks
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The Department of Homeland Security was formed on November 22, 2002 to coordinate government agencies in the war on terrorism. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Homeland_Security
