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Ronald Regan is sworn into office in 1981 as the 40th president of the United States. He was known as being a conservative along with his fellow Republicans, as well as changing the size and role of the government in the economy and society. -
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With the help of his fellow conservative republicans, Reagan created Reaganomics which advocated for tax cuts to stimulate the economy and the transfer of responsibilities to state government.
The main goals of his policy were to reduce government spending, reduce income and capital gains marginal tax rates, reduce government regulation, and control the money supply to reduce inflation. -
The Soviet Union tried many attempts to keep up with the American military wise, and in doing so it caused tensions which caused internal conflicts, communism became ineffective, and the soviets tried to move to a market economy.
In 1985 Mikhail Gorbachev became the new Soviet premiere and started to make changes in the Soviet Union. Reagan then questioned the moral legitimacy of the Soviet Union hence the name ¨The Evil Empire¨ -
In 1991 the long was finally over, and the Soviet Union broke up into independent republics such as Russia, Georgia, and Ukraine.
To help end the war Reagan and Gorbachev agreed to terms of arms reduction (START) and in the creation of this, it ended the competition between the two countries ending the Cold War. -
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Former President George H.W. Bush is defeated by governor Bil Clinton -
The second-ever woman to be appointed to the Supreme Court and the first Jewish woman to be appointed to the role. -
An administration that created economic policies such as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) which limited tariffs between the US, Mexico and Canada and encouraged trade.
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Many other economic policies were created by Clinton. The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 put states in charge of the welfare system. -
President Bush defeats candidate Al Gore in a very tightly contested race in which Florida decided the winner. The race was so close that Gore called for two recounts of the votes until the Supreme Court stepped in and halted any more recounts..
Bush then began many domestic reform policies like broad tax cuts, affordable healthcare and social security reform. He then created the No Child Left Behind Act which held schools accountable for students learning -
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The worst terrorist attack on America on September 11 2001 was leas by Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden in which two planes crashed into The Worlds Trade Center, one into the Pentagon and another in a location is Pennsylvania.
These actions prompted President Bush to launch the Waron Terror and to invade Afghanistan in 2001, which also led to the Patriot Act of 2001, The Department of Homeland Security and the creation of the Transportation Security Administration. -
Barack Obama was elected to e the 44th president of the United States and became the first-ever African American president, in U.S history.
Obama decided to dedicate his presidency to fixing the economy, ending the ¨great recession¨ solving the problem of high-cost healthcare, limiting U.S dependency on foreign oil, and the innovation and creation of jobs..
Obama won the election with a great voter turnout against John McCain and won the race in every way against the Senator -
Obama began his stint as president by starting te The American Recovery and Reinvestment act of 2009, The Job Creation Act of 2010and called for congress to pass legislation to reform healthcare in the U.S, and the Patient Protection and Affordable Cae Act of 2010.
Obama then initiated drone strikes in the middle east to combat terrorism which it killed Anwar al-Awlaki on 9/30/2011. They then sent the CIA to find and catch Osama Bin Laden on 5/1/11 which eventually led to his death. -
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Many minorities and women were allowed into the Supreme Court throughout the ears and it helped to add diversity to the American judicial system. -
With the advancements of television, rock roll, divisions between cultural views, and the influence of social media throughout the world.
Along with women becoming more and more acclimated with jobs that standards would not have them in in times of old. -
In 2014 Riley vs California, to protect the privacy of digital information on cell phones