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Jimmy Carter Administration Begins
James Carter defeated Pres. Ford in the 1976 election. Carter’s attraction to voters was his being a “Washington outsider” and moral individual when the public was distrustful of government following the Watergate Scandal. Picture Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter -
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Panama Canal treaty
The treaty for the Panama Cansl was renegotiated and the U.S had agreedto give control back to Panama by the year 2000 Picture Source: http://www.uncommoncruises.com/destinations/show/1212 -
Camp David Accords
President Carter's great foreign policy triumph when he created a peace treaty between the Egytian President Anwar Sadat and the Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin. Picture Source: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/media/74951/Egyptian-President-Anwar-el-Sadat-US-President-Jimmy-Carter-and -
Iran Hostage Crisis
Pres. Carter’s greatest foreign policy crisis occurred in Iran when the U.S. backed Shah was overthrown in an Islamic revolution headed by the religious leader Ayatollah Khomeini. Revolutionaries took 52 American hostages from the U.S. Embassy and held them for 444 days. Picture Source: http://www.historyguy.com/iran-us_hostage_crisis.html -
Ronal Reagan Administration Begins
The Iranian Hostage Crisis helped Ronald Reagan to defeat Pres. Carter in the 1980 election as did the resurgence in conservatism. Picture Source: http://www.frumforum.com/t/ronald-reagan -
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Strategic Defence Initiative
Pres. Reagan funded an initiative to develop a system tointercept and destroy nuclear missiles. Picture Source: http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Strategic_Defense_Initiative.aspx -
Iran-Contra Scandal
Members of Reagan’s administration such as Colonel Oliver North secretly sold weapons to Iran in exchange for the release of U.S. hostages in the Middle East. Money from the sales wasgiven to the Contras after Congress had forbiden it. Picture Source: http://scribblguy.50megs.com/irancontra.htm -
George H.W Bush Administration Begins
Vice president George H. W. Bush won election in the 1988 election over Democrat Michael Dukakis. He called for a “compassionate conservatism” in his domestic policy. Picture Source: http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/georgehwbush -
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Americans with Disabilities Act
Forbid discrimination and mandated access to public places inregards to persons with physical or mental disabilities. Picture Source: http://newideas.net/adhd/ada-americans-disability-act-adhd -
Operation Desert Storm
The U.S. organized a U.N. coalition of forces to expel Iraq from Kuwait in the Persian Gulf War. General Norman Schwarzkopf led the war. The Iraqis were defeated in 100 hours and Kuwait was liberated, but the U.S. stopped short of overthrowing Saddam Hussein after achieving its stated objective of liberating Kuwait. Picture Source: http://www.armytechnology.com/projects/amx/amx3.html -
Reagan Doctrine
U.S gave aid to Afghan rebels ( Mujahadeen ) fighting Soviet occupiers and Contras who sought to overthrow the socialist Sandinista government of Nicaragua The Reagan Doctrine was used throughout Ronald Reagan's campain and at the very beginning of George H.W Bush's campaign until the end of the Cold War with the dissolvement of the U.S.S.R on December 31, 1991 Picture Source: http://articles.sfgate.com/2006-06-18/opinion/17299916_1_reagan-strategy-military-force-reagan-touch -
Whitewater Affair
President Clinton was accused of perjury for lying about an intimaterelationship with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. Picture Source: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-5327644-503544.html -
Bill Clinton Administration Begins
In the 1992 election, William Clinton defeated Pres. Bush and the independent candidate Picture Source: http://www.amazon.com/Clinton-Presidential-Election-Commemorative-Original/dp/B003YXFUPU -
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Emergency Family Leave Act
This gives workers unpaid leave to care for sick family members. Picture Source: http://www.chicagonow.com/the-lowe-down/2010/05/the-uninsured-are-not-overcrowding-emergency-rooms-according-to-study-medicaid-recipients-are/ -
Yasser Arafat
Leader of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO). Pres. Clinton met with him and Israeli leaders in 1993, 1998, and 2000 to work towards peace in the Middle East. Picture Source: http://www.cbc.ca/news/obit/arafat/ -
North American Free Trade Agreement
In 1994, the U.S. joined Mexico and Canada in forming this to promote free trade and increase U.S. exports so as to compete with the European Union Picture Source: http://www.fas.usda.gov/itp/policy/nafta/nafta.asp -
World Trade Organization
Formed to settle trade disputes between nations. Critics of theseprograms fear the loss of U.S. unskilled jobs to cheaper overseas labor. Picture Source: http://hmcasia.org/programs/world-trade-organization -
George W. Bush Administration Begins
After defeating Al Gore in the 2000 Presidentral Campaign his Administration began. Picture Source: http://www.blogsforbush.com/united-states-presidential-election-2000/ -
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9/11 Terrorist Attacks
On Sept. 11, 2001 four planes were hijacked in a terrorist attack on the U.S. Two were crashed into the World Trade Center Towers and one into the Pentagon. The attack was launched by an Islamic group called Al Qaida led by Osama Bin Laden. Picture Source: http://www.bookwormroom.com/2011/09/07/honoring-911-by-remembering-that-we-are-warriors/ -
Patriot Act
Passed by Congress to make it easier to conduct surveillance in the U.S. to fight terrorism. Controversial and opposed by civil rights groups. Picture Source: http://arcticcompass.blogspot.com/2011/02/democrats-and-republicans-have-same.html -
Department of Homeland Security
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George W Bush Administration Ends
