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Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter was elected 39th president from 1977 to 1981. -
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War
The vietnam was era draft envadors pardoned. -
Panama Canal
This is where the constitution gave the president power to approve treaties negotiated by the president with foreign powers. -
Camp David Accords
This is where Egypt and Israel finally reached a peace agreement with mediation consisting of the president of the united states. -
China
The United States finally recongnizes people's republic of China. -
Three Mile Island Incident
This is where a cooling malfunction caused part of a core to melt and a reactor was destroyed. -
Iran Hostage Crisis
This is where 66 citizens and diplomats were held hostage by a mob of students from Iran. After a few days some hostages were released, but 54 of the were help capture for 444 more days, which is more than a year. -
Ronald Reagan
He becomes the 40th president, serving from 1981 to 1989. -
Sandra Day O'Connor
This was the first named woman in supreme court justice. -
Attempted assasination
Someone was out to get Reagan and decided to make an attempt to kill him. -
Granada Invasion
This was a rilvary between the US and Cuba. This threatend american students. -
Iran contra Scandal
President Reagan negotiated a nuclear arms treaty with the approval of congress, but without congress permission the White House sold arms to Iran. -
Glasnost with the Soviet Union
This was the policy of openess on what activities the govornment is doing. -
Stark Incident in Gulf War
This is where the Iraqi jet aircraft fired missles at the American Frigate USS Stark. Thirty seven Navel personels were killed and twenty one others were wounded. Although they made this attact, they later apologized for this event. -
George H W Bush
He served as the 41st president from 1989 to 1993. -
Invasion of Panama
This is where the United States invaded Panama. -
Americans with Disabilities Act
This is the act that made things easier for people with diabilities, and also more secure when doing things in the world such as signing important papers. -
Bill Clinton
He served as the 42nd president from 1993 to 2001. During this time the veto enacted by congress giving the president greater power to reduce pork barrel spending. Hogan declared it unconstitutional in 1998. -
NAFTA
The NAFTA stands for the North American Free Trade Agreement. This was used to encourage trade between the US, Canada, and Mexico. -
Terrorist Attack
This is where the World Trade Center got attacked for the first time. -
Oklahoma City Federal Building Attack
This man by the name of Mcveigh picked up a truck from a local body shop that contained over 5,000 pounds of explosives. The truck exploded in front of the federal building. Later Mcveigh was caught drving a car that did not have a tag on it, later getting charged with the bombing that took place. -
Bill Clinton
In 1997, Bill Clinton begins his second term as president. Two acts were put into play during his presidency. The first act was in 1998. This act was ruled by Hogan allowing presidential line item veto invalid. The second act was that the congress initiates impeachment against Clinton for perjury, which means intetionally lying in court. -
War in Yugoslavia
A series of wars that were fought. They were caused by ethnic differences. -
Impeachment
This is where Clinton got impeached. -
G.W.B
He begins his first term as the 43rd president of the US. He was elected in the closest presidential race in history. -
Terrorist Attack
This is when the terrorist attacked the pentagon and the World Trade Center in NY. -
War in afghanistan
This is where we declared war because of the attack. -
War in Iraq
This is also where Bush drafted people to go fight for our country because of the 9/11 attack. -
G.W.B
He is re-elected in 2004 to his second term as president.
