Eyewitness to History

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    Tom Brokaw

  • Watergate Scandal

    Watergate Scandal

    In the watergate scandel Nixion was accused of having people spy on the democrite campaign. It is important because it shows that the American people need to looking at who they are electing to office.
  • Saturday Night Massacre

    Saturday Night Massacre

    Nixion fired a bounch of government personsd. It isw important because it shows why Nixion was a bad president.
  • Gerald R. Ford

    Gerald R. Ford

    Gerald Ford was brought into office the same time Nixion resign. He wanted the country to be reunited. He was the only president to not be elected as president or vice president.
  • End of Vietnam War

    End of Vietnam War

    It was the only battle we lose and it made the American people happy. Vietnam became communist since America pulled out.
  • President Carter

    President Carter

    During his president to the Iran hostage crisis took place. He solved the erengy crisis.
  • John Lennon

    John Lennon

    He was world famous so his death shocked everyone. he was shot by Mark David Chapman.
  • President Reagan

    President Reagan

    Iran let the hostages go on this day as well. Ended the recession.
  • Challender explosion

    Challender explosion

    There was an defeact in the solid rocket boster. It is important because there was a teacher and it showed that not every thing goes perfect when you do it.
  • Pan American Flight Crash

    Pan American Flight Crash

    It was caused by a bomb out of Lybia. It is important because it shattered American sense of safety and security.
  • Berlin Wall

    Berlin Wall

    It was the end of the cold war. When it fell it meant that the people of Berlin could be a city again.
  • Operation Desert Storm

    It got Iraq out of Kuwait. It lasted a total of 60 days.
  • President Clition

    President Clition

    He was the first persident to be impeached. It was another case where the American people need to look at they pick to run them.
  • The Great Floods

    The Great Floods

    It was a recorded breaking water levels for the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers. It brought Iowa communities closer together.
  • Oklahoma City bombing

    Oklahoma City bombing

    The was a car bomb that went of near the Alfed P. Murrah Federal Building. It helped the people of Oklahoma City together and reliese that there are terrorist in America's backyard.
  • 9/11

    9/11

    It was a terrorist attack on the United States. It caused americans to judge people that looked different.