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Ronald Reagan ended the embargo against the Soviet Union -
The hostages that Iranian students captured were released -
Ronald Reagan was inaugurated to become the 40th president of the United States -
In his speech, he explains that the economy can't be controlled by the government without controlling the people. -
John Hinckley Jr. shot and injured President Reagan in Washington Dc -
Reagan administration fired the 11,345 striking air traffic controllers and banned them from federal service for the life -
Ronald Reagan nominated Sandra Day O'Connor to the Supreme court, which made her the first woman to the highest court in the US. -
Reagan is seeking Congress's approval to build missiles to help "decrease the vulnerability" of nuclear warfare. -
The US imposed economic sanctions against Poland after the Coal Mine incident in Katowice. -
Ronald Reagan gave his speech to the Congress explaining his plans for the economy -
In this speech, he explains his hope for a future that would "leave Marxism-Leninism on the ash heap of history." -
A federal law act that repealed some effects of the Kemp-Roth act which created many tax cuts. -
An idea that proposed U.S. strategic defensive systems against potential nuclear attacks -
Two truck bombs struck housing that held American and French service members which happened during the Lebanese Civil. -
The US and a coalition of six Caribbean nations invaded the nation of Grenada because Reagan wanted to protect U.S. citizens there and to prevent the island's use as a base for Soviet and Cuban aggression in the Western Hemisphere. -
There was an increase in farm debt and purchasing of farm equipment. -
It prohibited all trade between Nicaragua and the US. -
Between the years 1981 to 1986, the senior administration secretly sell arms to the Khomeini government of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The administration hoped that they would eventually sell these arms to Nicaragua. -
A cold-era meeting between Ronald Reagan and the Soviet General Secretary. They met for the first time to hold international diplomatic relations. -
The Democratic Party won the popular vote in the Senate which gained them 5 more seats and took a hard blow on the President. -
After the Challenger explosion, Reagan gave an empowering speech stating "The crew of the space shuttle Challenger honored us by the manner in which they lived their lives." -
The Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act was created to create sanctions against South Africa, and to lift it, five preconditions for lifting the sanctions would be needed. -
After the initial meeting in Geneva, the US president and Gorbachev meet in Iceland to continue discussing curbing their intermediate missile arsenals in Europe. -
This law required any dependent who was of the age of 5 and older that was listed on a tax return had to have their own social security number. -
Regulates the amount of trash and waste that goes into the waters in the US. This law was the first major US law that addressed water pollution. -
It concludes that the CIA director should have made the president aware of the risks, taken over the operation, and notified Congress. -
Reagan gave this speech explaining how he wants to "tear down" the Berlin wall because he wanted to create a sense of pressure in Moscow to keep their promises of openness. -
This treaty eliminated an entire class of nuclear weapons restricting the deployment of both intermediate and short-range land-based missiles worldwide. -
He prohibited most of the nation's family planning clinics from providing advice or other assistance that would help women obtain abortions. -
President Reagan visited the Soviet Union to finalize agreements with the General Secretary to decrease the problems with stability and conflict -
President Reagan ends his presidency with his farewell speech talking about the good he went throughout his term.