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Energy shortage where the US started running out of oil and gas. The oil and natural gas the people were relying on for 75 percent of their energy was running out. This crisis hurt Jimmy Carter's presidency.
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- Panama Canal Treaty and Neutrality Treaty promising to give control of the canal to the Panamanians by the year 2000. By signing this treaty, Carter gained a lot of respect.
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While Reagan was leaving a speaking engagement, he was shot in the chest by assassinator John Hinckley Jr., but Reagan survived. The attempt to murder the president failed, and Reagan recovered from his wounds and still served as President of the US.
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A space shuttle that was sent off into space, blew up 7 seconds after its take off, causing 7 members to die. Reagan handled this well by providing a very sympathetic sspeech.
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A political scandal in which Reagan agreed to trade in weapons to Iran in exchange for the release of a few Americans who were held hostage by Iran. With no authority or permission of doing so, the President still went through with the situation.
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During a speech, George H.W. Bush pledged not to raise taxes with his famous line: "Read my lips. No new taxes!" This made people want to pick him as president, but during his presidency, he went against this slogan and raised taxes.
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Reagan ordered to tear the wall down. As the wall came down, it helped the Cold War end peacefully. This helped his presidency a lot.
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The annexation of Kuwait by Iraq, caused the U.S to start a bad war between America and Iraq. I believe this hurt Bush's presidency.
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Free trading organization between United States, Canada and Mexico. This made things easier for the countries to trade within eachother without paying, it also made it easier for import and export benefits on goods.
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Healthcare Security Act was a 1993 healthcare reform package proposed by the administration of President Bill Clinton and closely associated with the chair of the task force devising the plan, First Lady of the US, Hilary Clinton.
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A conflict between Albanians on the Kosovo Island that intensified and tried to prevent more intensity between the two groups, then the NATO stepped in to deal with the situation.
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Once Clinton becamed president, a woman named Paula Jones brought up a lawsuit on him that claimed that he sexually harrassed Jones. This case was brought up in the Supreme Court but eventually was dismissed because Clinton didn't give Jones any "damage".
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President Bush had delivered a state of the union speech to congress where he explained severealy countries that he considered axis of evil, meaning the were a threat to the peace of the country.
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President Bush announced publicly the establishment of Homeland Security that would focus on the security of the country caused to be enforced because of the 9/11 attacks.
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After the terrorist attacks on 9/11, Bush announced waron terror meaning the start of war in afghanistan.The goal was to get rid of the Alqueda terrorists.
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Obama singned a new act which expands Medicaid Health care to new benefits, cutting costs, and improving care for patients. This new act is also known as ObamaCare.
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The leader of the terrorist group Al-Queda was killed in Pakistan by the U.S. He was the leader of the terrorist group that had an attack on 9/11.
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On 9/11 terrorist boarded a plane and took control and flew the plane in the World Trade Center in New York City which killed thousands of people. This presidency hurt his presidency because he went straight into war after, but people still elected him again.
