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Man lands on the moon
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Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter was the president of The United States from January 20, 1977- January 20-1981. He was a Democrat some of his events when he was a president was the Olympic Boycott. The Olympics where in Iran and they had 52 hostages. Some fun facts about him are that he Went to the Naval Academy and he was a billion air peanut farmer. His impact to the world political because he was democrat and the olympic boycott was a big part and that was a part of him -
NATO an Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact is referred to eastern BLOC and NATO is referred to members of the country who are on the western BLOC. over time, built up their own differences starting an arms race that lasted throughout the Cold War. -
Persian Gulf War
Saddam Hussein sent 100,000 troops into Kuwait. Kuwait is a rich oil producer prevent Iraq from spreading it's influence in the middle east. They sent American forces to Saudi Arabia. It was in January 16, 1991- United Nations 28 countries joined. Within 24 hours Iraq defense missles were Usless. American Casualties 382. Iraq casualties about 100,000 within 300,000 Cost billions of dollars to rebuild 700 million to clean oil spills -
Socail Network Revolution
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September 11, 2001 attacks
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Financial Crisis 2008
U.S. financial sector faced its most dangerous crisis since The Great Depression of the 1930s. Companies that normally rely on credit suffered heavily, including the American Auto Industry. Banks, stopped trusting one to the pay them back so they stopped making the loans. Dealers who issued mortgages with borrowers couldn't pay so they went into foreclosure. Insurances companies traded for credit swaps making trillions. The U.S. lost nearly million jobs and the unemployment rate shot up
