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abolished the national origins quota system that had structured American immigration policy since the 1920s, replacing it with a preference system that focused on immigrants' skills and family relationships with citizens or residents of the U.S.
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In the 1976 election carter defeated ford. (do not pay attention to date)
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revolutionaries took 52 americans from U.S embassy hostage for 444 days
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Afghanistan-invaded by soviet union 1980
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iranian hostage crisis helped himforeign policy
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Reagan funded an initiative to develop a system to intercept and destroy nuclear missiles
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U.S gave aid to mujahdeen and contras
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members of reagan administration secretly sold weapons to iran in exchange for the release of U.S hostages in middle east
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N.A.S.A launched first space shuttle but it exploded shortly after take off
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peaceful revolutions overthrew the communist governments of the soviet satellite states-1989
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U.S organized a U.N coalition of forces to expel Iraq from Kuwait in the persian gulf war.
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William clinton defeated Bush in 1992 election
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U.S joined mexico and canada in forming this to promote free trade and increase U.S exports so as to compete with the european union
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formed to settle trade disputes between nations
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exploded a truck bomb at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal building in Oklahoma city, and killed 168 civillians
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George W. bush won election
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4 planes were hijacked an 2 were crashed into the twin towers and one into the pentagon
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dramatically reduced restrictions on law enforcement agencies' ability to search telephone, e-mail communications, medical, financial, and other records; eased restrictions on foreign intelligence gathering within the United States
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bush ordered invasion of iraq