Period 9 APUSH By namemaybedeletable 1980 The election of Ronald Reagan 1980 The AIDS outbreak 1980 The Nuclear Freeze Movement 1981 The Economic Recovery Tax Act 1982 Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (START) 1982 The Boland Amendment 1983 Strategic Defense Initiative 1983 The Invasion of Grenada 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act 1986 Congress Passes the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act 1987 Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty 1988 Invasion of Panama 1989 Tianamen Square 1990 Bush passes the Americans With Disabilities Act 1991 The Collapse of the Soviet Union 1991 The Start of the World Wide Web Jan 17, 1991 Operation Desert Storm 1993 Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act 1993 Family and Medical Leave Act 1994 Federal Assault Weapons Ban 1998 Kyoto Protocol 2001 The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 2001 Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors 2001 Global War on Terror 2001 USA Patriot Act 2003 Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act 2008 The election of Barack Obama 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 2011 The Arab Spring 2012 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals 2016 Trump is Elected as President