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  • Nixon Re-election

    Nixon Re-election

    Richard Nixon has been re-elected. No one has really noticed the watergate scandal yet.
  • Watergate

    Watergate

    Democratic National Committee at Watergate scandalized. Scandal broke widly open to the public, whom are realizing how bad this looked on President Nixon.
  • Nixon Resigns

    Nixon Resigns

    After knowing that he was soon going to be impeached, President Nixon decided to resign before the impeachment occured.
  • Saigon Falls

    Saigon Falls

    NVA invades Saigon and takes over South Vietnam Gov. With that, the President immediately calls for evacuation of U.S. troops and South Vietnam Refugees. There were too many, though and not all were saved.
  • Jimmy Carter for President

    Jimmy Carter for President

    became president and beat out Ford. Human rights were very important to him.
  • Iran Hostages

    Iran Hostages

    Irania revolution trying to be promoted by holding 66 americans for 444 days. Ended tensions with Iran and started more trade.
  • The Challenger

    The Challenger

    Exploded right after launch and killed all inside. Couldn't launch any more for 3 years and had to add more safety precautions
  • INF Treaty

    INF Treaty

    US and USSR signed treaty to get rid of nuclear weapons.
  • The Tiananmen Square

    The Tiananmen Square

    Student strike at tiannenmen square. This led to other strikes around the country for others who wanted to mak their point.
  • The Berlin Wall

    The Berlin Wall

    Berlin Wall taken down between East and West Germany in hopes of bringing country together again.
  • AIDS

    AIDS

    Magic Johnson announces that he has AIDS and raises awareness about it and how anyone can get it and how common it could be.
  • Rodney King Riot

    Rodney King Riot

    King was beaten by cops, cops not found guilty at first, so King riots and then 2 cops found guilty. Caused many riots to happen and showed that rascism was still happening
  • Bill Clinton Election

    Bill Clinton Election

    Bill Clinton elected to office as President
  • Oklahoma City

    Oklahoma City

    American terrorists set off bomb in Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building and killed 168 people. Worst act of terrorism at the time and US buckled down on terrorists a little bit more.
  • Clinton's Impeachment

    Clinton's Impeachment

    Clinton was found guilty of perjury and was impeached. This got rid of him as president in order to have a better, more reliable one come in.
  • 9/11

    9/11

    Terrorists from al-Qaeda hijacked planes and crashed them into the twin towers. Another attaced the pentagon. Many were killed and made U.S. aware and very scared of terrorists.