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Jimmy Carter (D) defeats Gerald Ford (R) to become the 39th President of the United States of America.
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Jimmy Carter signs over control of the Panama Canal to Panama.
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Proposition 13 was a movement to lower property taxes in California, and it marked the beginning of the return of Conservatism.
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A group of Islamic students took over the US Embassy and held 52 Americans hostage in support of the Iranian Revolution.
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The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan and the US unofficially supported the fight against them.
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Ronald Reagan (R) defeats Jimmy Carter (D) to become the 40th President of the United States of America.
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The Space Shuttle "Columbia" was the first Space Shuttle ever and its first launch was on 12 April 1981.
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Sandra Day O'Connor becomes the first female to be a part of the Supreme Court.
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Ronald Reagan puts the Strategic Defense Initiative into effect to create ground and space based weapons that could be used to prevent nuclear attacks. Helped to draw the US from Mutually Assured Destruction. (nicknamed "Star Wars" after George Lucas's popular movie)
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Ronald Reagan (R) defeats Walter Mondale (D) to retain the Presidency.
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The Space Shuttle "Challenger" exploded shortly after liftoff.
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Senior officials of Reagan's administration sold arms to Iran to help support the Contras in Nicaragua.
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The treatry eliminated nuclear missles that were considered "intermediate-range." Signed on 8 December 1987, put into effect 1 June 1988.
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George H W Bush (R) defeats Michael Dukakis (D) to become the 41st President of the United States of America.
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The Communist Chinese Government crushed a student pro-democratic protest.
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The United States, under the Bush Administration, sent troops to Panama to overthrow its dictator, Manuel Noriega.
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The Americans with Disabilites Act forbid discrimination and requred access to public places in regards to people with physical/mental disabilites.
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This action by Hussein led to Operation Desert Storm.
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Referred to as the Gulf War sometimes, this was the war against Iraq and its invasion of Kuwait. Initial attacks began on 17 January 1991.
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Boris Yeltsin would go on to rally support agains the coups that controlled the Soviet Union and it soon dissolved.
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Bill Clinton defeats George H W Bush to become the 42nd President of the United States.
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The North American Free Trade Agreement is enacted and it promoted free trade.
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Timothy McVeigh detonates a truck bomb outside the Alfred P. Murrah Building killing 168 civilians.
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Clinton was impeached by the House but acquitted by the Senate and thus remained in office.
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A Supreme Court Case that ruled that because of the different standards used by different counties, the recount of votes in Florida would not count, allowing Bush to take the presidency.
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George W. Bush defeats Al Gore to become the 43rd President of the United States.
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Terrorists part of al-Qaeda launched attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, this led to the Patriot Act.
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The Patriot Act was enacted to deter and punish terrorist acts. It is also a hot topic for the right of privacy.
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ADA - http://blog.adaptedlivingspaces.com/let-us-modify/3-things-you-should-know-about-the-americans-with-disabilities-act/Carter - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:JimmyCarterPortrait2.jpgPanama Canal - http://www.knightsbridgeinvest.com/realestateblog/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/panama-canal.jpgProposition 13 State Turnout - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:CAJun1978Prop13.svgIran Hostage Crisis - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Man_holding_sign_during_Iranian_hostage_crisis_protest,_19
