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Iran Contra Scandal
Was when our troubles with Iran began. They took hostages under President Jimmy Carter's term. They were released on Jan. 20, 1981 while Ronald Reagan was in office. -
Air Traffic Controllers Strike
On Aug. 3rd, 1981, members of the Professinal Air Traffic Controllers Organizatio(PATCO) decided to go on strike in an effort to get higher wages. About 13,000 memebers from PATCO were in on the strike. -
Equal Access Act
This law was mainly for Christian groups to allow students of the religion to organize clubs in public secondary schools. -
Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act
The president during that time and Congress were having a hard time on which spending cuts were going to be made. If the president and Congress did not come up with a solution then This act started doing automatic cuts. -
West side Community School district v. Mergens
The main reason for this case is that some High School students were denied the permission to creat a Christian club or group at their High School. -
Reno v. ACLU
This case was brought so that the government can protect minors from offensive images on the internet. -
Bush v. Gore
Was when vice president Al Gore and Texas Govenor George W. Bush could not decided who was going to be president. They were seperate in the popular vote and the electoral college with each canidate winning one of them. While Gore wanted a recount by hand the Bush campain was to not let Gore get his recount which would be a factor of who would become the president of the 2000 election. -
Mitchell v. Helms
This case was brought to order when a school was not getting the funds they needed to buy supplies needed every day in a school. Such as, library materials, computer software, and hardware.