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Reagan timeline

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  • Social Security reform becomes law

    Social Security reform becomes law

    is a program to pay retired workers continuing income after retirement
  • Fifty-two American hostages held in Iran released.

    Fifty-two American hostages held in Iran released.

    were released after inauguration of Reagan
  • Reagan inaugurated

    Reagan inaugurated

    he was inaugurated as the 40th president
  • Spending speech (increase defense, decrease taxes)

    Spending speech (increase defense, decrease taxes)

    increased defense spending and decreased taxes
  • Reagan shot

    Reagan shot

    was shot and killed in front of the Hilton hotel
  • Soviet grain embargo lifted

    was enacted by jimmy carter
  • Reagan and air-traffic controllers strike

    Reagan and air-traffic controllers strike

    violations of his orders
  • Military buildup (B-1 Bomber and MX missiles)

    Military buildup (B-1 Bomber and MX missiles)

    would start building missiles
  • Sandra Day O’Connor nominated to Supreme Court

    Sandra Day O’Connor nominated to Supreme Court

    was first women voted to the supreme court
  • Sanctions on Poland

    Sanctions on Poland

    polish made sections against Russia
  • Tax Equity & Fiscal Responsibility Act

    requires employees to have benefits that are older
  • Reagan delivers his first State of the Union

    Ronald Reagan delivers his first union address as president
  • Strategic Defense Initiative

    Strategic Defense Initiative

    proposed U.S. against strategic potential nuclear attacks
  • Reagan addresses Parliament in England

    Reagan addresses Parliament in England

    the first speech by an American president to a meeting of the British parliament
  • Reagan prohibits abortion assistance (1988)

    Reagan prohibits abortion assistance (1988)

    prohibit the use of federal money for abortions with Medicaid
  • Suicide bombers attack U.S. Marines in Lebanon (1983)

    Suicide bombers attack U.S. Marines in Lebanon (1983)

    bombs that struck buildings in lebanon
  • Invasion of Grenada

    Invasion of Grenada

    6 Caribbean islands invaded Grenada close to Venezuela
  • Farm credit crises (Feb 1985)

    Farm credit crises (Feb 1985)

    the government had paid farmers that had been owning property for years
  • Embargo on Nicaragua

    prevented trade of U.S. and Nicaragua with a strategy used like against Cuba
  • Reagan, Gorbachev hold summit in Switzerland

    Reagan, Gorbachev hold summit in Switzerland

    was a cold war- era meeting in Geneva Switzerland
  • Space Shuttle Challenger explosion (Reagan Speech)

    Space Shuttle Challenger explosion (Reagan Speech)

    honored the crew that lost their lives
  • Democrats gain seats (Nov 1986)

    the republican party lost seats while the democratic party gained seats
  • U.S. illegally sells arms to Iran (Iran-Contra Affair)

    U.S. illegally sells arms to Iran (Iran-Contra Affair)

    secretly facilitated the sale of arms to the Khomeini government of the Islamic Republic of Iran,
  • Water Quality Control Act

    Water Quality Control Act

    regulates pollutants that go into the water regulating surface waters
  • South African sanctions

    the law imposed sanctions against South Africa
  • Reagan and Gorbachev meet in Iceland

    Reagan and Gorbachev meet in Iceland

    meeting with Ronald Reagan and the communist party of the soviet union
  • Tower Commission concludes report (1987)

    agrees they should have taken over the operation, they notified Congress as required
  • Berlin Wall Speech in West Berlin (1987)

    Berlin Wall Speech in West Berlin (1987)

    berlin wall speech that was made by the president
  • Gorbachev, Reagan sign treaty (1987)

    Ronald Reagan signs the treaty
  • Reagan visits Soviet Union (1988)

    Reagan visits Soviet Union (1988)

    declared cold war and was walking through the Kremlin in Moscow
  • Reagan says farewell

    Reagan says farewell

    says his farewell address from the office