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Jimmy Carter 1977-1981
*Camp David Accords- first president to get a peace treaty between Egypt and Isriel
*Iran Hostage Crisis- 52 americans were held hostage for 444, which made Carter's popularity decrease as pressident -
Ronald Reagan 1981-1985
*Challenger Tragedy- occured January 28, 1986 with 7 crew members.
*Assassination attempt-Occured on Monday March 30, 1981 just 69 days into his presidency -
Ronald Reagan 1968-1989
*AIDS-announces his Alzheimer's to promote public understanding
*Famous Quote "Tear down this wall" -
George H.W Bush
*Berlin Wall falls-Communism ends in Soviet Union and Eastern Eurpe
*Famous quote; "Read my lips, No new taxes"-Bush raised taxes as a way to reduce the national budget defici -
Bill Clinton 1993-1997
*N.A.F.T.A-North American Free Trade Agreement-is a agreement signed by Canada, Mexico, and the United States creating a trilateral trade block in North America
*Lewinsky Scandal-political sex scandal emerging in 1998 from a sexual relationship between United States President Bill Clinton and a 22-year-old White House intern, Monica Lewinsky. -
Bill Clinton
*Government shutdown-
*Impeached by house but the Senate failed to remove him from office with not alot of votess to hve him removed from office -
George W. Bush
*Department of Homeland security- cabinet department of the United States federal government, created in response to the September 11 attacks, and with the primary responsibilities of protecting the United States of America and U.S. territories (including protectorates) from and responding to terrorist
attacks, man-made accidents, and natural disasters.
* "Axis of Evil"- describing governments that he accused of helping terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction. Iran, Iraq and North Kor -
George W. Bush
- War in Afghanistan (2001-present)- following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, to dismantle Al-Qaeda, the Islamic terrorist organization led by Osama bin Laden and to remove from power the Taliban *War in Iraq (2003-2011)- President Bush began publicly focusing attention on Iraq, which he labeled as part of an "axis of evil" allied with terrorists and posing "a grave and growing danger" to U.S. interests through possession of "weapons of mass destruction
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Barack Obama 2009-Present
- Assassination of Bin Laden-Osama bin Laden, the founder and head of the Islamist militant group al-Qaeda, was killed in Pakistan on May 2, 2011, shortly after 1:00 am *Economic Stimulus Act-The package was designed to quickly jumpstart economic growth, and save between 900,000-2.3 million jobs
