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Carter won by 297 electoral votes 241 for Ford.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Russian remouved, Amin, a communist leader by using guerilla strategies.
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He signed Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act to protect the land of the national park, conserving the national monuments, forests and wild life.
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He gave his speech unpon becoming the New president of the United States
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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.
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He became president
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United Germany it was a symbolical way of showing the end of communism.
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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
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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.
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The vote was a big gain for BUSH
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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.
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Bush was forced to raise taxes in the country because it was the only way of cutting down deficit spending and government expneditures.
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End of exclusion of homosexuals from military service
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Clinton became president
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Clinton did not take any action in the genocide in Rwanda
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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
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This act fobid the discrimination based on disability in employment, public accommodations, and transportation
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Clinton failed to realize a major goal of his administration: affordable health care insurance for every American. This was a very socialistic move!!
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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
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He told American's that we will become more united and that schools would be organized.
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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.
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2 planes crashed into the Twin Towers in New York. In total 2819 people died.
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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.
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It expanded the federal role in education and took particular aim at improving the educational lot of disadvantaged students.
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His biggest obsticle that he had to go through it keeping Americans safe from terrorist attacks.
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Incomes started to decrease, house prices were high, jobs were moving to other countries, and outsourcing started to become a national phenomenon.
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One of the biggest terrorist leader killed.
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Designed to make college more affordable for students from poor to middle-class families.
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Enacted by Bush passed under Obama . U.S gov. to perchase assets and equity from finacial institutions.
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"A New Birth of Freedom" was his motto.
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Businesses required to provide helth care to workers. Passed.
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Obama supports gay marriage.
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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.
