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Carter announced his candidacy for president
Carter won by 297 electoral votes 241 for Ford. -
Energy Policy Speech
During these hard times our natural sources have seemed to be shriking. Sources such as natural gas and oil, therefore the president was looking at solar powered energy and coal energy in order our lives to remain the same. If people did not act soon there would be a social and economic consequences that would follow. -
Panama Treaty Canal
Because citizens of Panama wanted to control the canal, they started to form riots. So, this treaty gives the U.S full control who passes through it and to protect it from citizen attacks. -
War between Egypt and Israel
In the fall of 1978, Carter invited Israel's Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egypt's President Anwar Sadat to sit down with Carter at Camp David, a rural presidential retreat outside Washington. There, with president Carter, they settled their dispute. -
Iran Hostage Crisist
Islamic students took captive American students and held them for hostages, untill they were sure that their leader Shah's was returned safely to Iran. Carter failed to free the hostages. -
Russia invades Afghanistan
Russian remouved, Amin, a communist leader by using guerilla strategies. -
Expanding Alaska's national Parks
He signed Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act to protect the land of the national park, conserving the national monuments, forests and wild life. -
Reagan's Inauguration
He gave his speech unpon becoming the New president of the United States -
Air Traffic Controller Strike
PATCO walked off their jobs, thus setting off a chian of events that changed labor relations in Ameica.The president firmyl believe that the stikers had violated tha law, so he terminated their jobs. They were simply damanding for higher wages. -
H.W. Bush inaguration
He became president -
Tearing Down of the Berlin wall
United Germany it was a symbolical way of showing the end of communism. -
Iraq invadedKuwait
Saddam Hussein, the President of Iraq, had long held designs on Kuwait's land, wealth, and oil. The U.S was not satissfied with the fact that Hussein was incontrol of more oil -
Clean Air Act
It focused on three aspects of clean air: reducing urban smog, curbing acid rain, and eliminating industrial emissions of toxic chemicals.It forced businessed to find other wais of producing goods at a more environmentaly friendly way. -
Congress Allows the use of millitary force against Iraq
The vote was a big gain for BUSH -
Operations Desert Shield
Arab countries were getting worried about a big world war. Therefore, president Bush ordered the deployment of troops to the desert kingdowm. By that he wanted to restore Kuwait's governament, but Iraq did not want to remouve his troops from Kuwait. That is why the UN Security Council passed a resolution that demamnded the evacuation of Irq from Kuwait. -
Promissed not to raise taxes
Bush was forced to raise taxes in the country because it was the only way of cutting down deficit spending and government expneditures. -
DOn't ask don't tell
End of exclusion of homosexuals from military service -
Clinton's inauguration
Clinton became president -
Rwanda
Clinton did not take any action in the genocide in Rwanda -
NAFTA
Senate passed the North American Free Trade Agreement which eliminated tariff barriers between Mexico, California and the United States which created a lot of jobs -
American Disabilitied Act
This act fobid the discrimination based on disability in employment, public accommodations, and transportation -
Health Care
Clinton failed to realize a major goal of his administration: affordable health care insurance for every American. This was a very socialistic move!! -
Soviet's need help
Clinton helped Russia with financial aid. By funding for nuclear power plants and the dismantrling of nuclear weapons. This helped realtions between U.S and Russia -
George W. Bush first inauguration
He told American's that we will become more united and that schools would be organized. -
Tax cuts
Although no one believed that taxes would be lowered, Bush was able to lower the taxes for everyone. Peopple mostly re-elected bush because they were hoping for another tax cut. -
9/11 terrorist attack the Twin Towers
2 planes crashed into the Twin Towers in New York. In total 2819 people died. -
War Begins in Afghanistan
The U.S decides to go to war after the 9/11 attacks. They want to free the Afghani people of powerful dictators. It was a very unpopular war. -
No Child Left Behaind Act
It expanded the federal role in education and took particular aim at improving the educational lot of disadvantaged students. -
Bushe's second Inauguration
His biggest obsticle that he had to go through it keeping Americans safe from terrorist attacks. -
Economy strted failing
Incomes started to decrease, house prices were high, jobs were moving to other countries, and outsourcing started to become a national phenomenon. -
Sadam Husein death
One of the biggest terrorist leader killed. -
Bush signed with College Affordability Bill
Designed to make college more affordable for students from poor to middle-class families. -
TARP
Enacted by Bush passed under Obama . U.S gov. to perchase assets and equity from finacial institutions. -
Obama's Inauguration
"A New Birth of Freedom" was his motto. -
Health Care Reform
Businesses required to provide helth care to workers. Passed. -
Same Sex marriage
Obama supports gay marriage. -
Economic Crisist
Obama had to deal with the failing economy. The unemployment rate was 10%. Therefore, Obama wanted an 8 million stimulus package to help out state gov.
