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By the end of Jimmy Carter's presidency, the idealistic dreams of the 1960s were worn down by inflation, foreign policy turmoil and rising crime. In response, many Americans embraced a new conservatism in social, economic and political life
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Religion, especially evangelical Christianity, played a key role in the growing strength of the conservative coalition.
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It concluded that the scandal, involving a complicated plan whereby some of the funds from secret weapons sales to Iran were used to finance the Contra war against the Sandinista government in Nicaragua
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which called for widespread tax cuts, decreased social spending, increased military spending and the deregulation of domestic markets
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Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein ordered the invasion and occupation of neighboring Kuwait in early August 1990. Alarmed by these actions, fellow Arab powers such as Saudi Arabia and Egypt called on the United States and other Western nations to intervene.
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The North American Free Trade Agreement is a treaty between Canada, Mexico and the United States. That makes NAFTA the world's largest free trade agreement.The three signatories agreed to remove trade barriers between them. By eliminating tariffs, NAFTA increases investment opportunities
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The 1994 elections resulted in Republicans gaining 54 House and 9 U.S. Senate seats.
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the impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton, formally charged with lying under oath and obstructing justice, begins in the Senate
