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Lyndon Baines Johnson
Democract, was the president after JFK was assassinated. -
MLK Assassination
He tried to make the blacks as equal as the whites. After his assassination there were riots all over the country, mostly in black communities. President Johnston order 5,000 troops into Chicago to stop the riots -
Richard Milhous Nixon
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Nixon visits Peoples Republic of China
Nixon visits China to normalize the relationship between the U.S. and China. At the time China was considered one of our foes. -
26th amendment ratification
The voting age was lowered from 21 to 18 -
Supreme Court decision legalizes abortion in first trimester of pregnancy
Democrats liked this because they are pro-choice and the republicans dont like this at all because they are pro-life -
Recommend that Nixon gets impeached
House Judiciary Committee recommends to full House that Nixon be impeached on grounds of obstruction of justice, abuse of power, and contempt of Congres -
Gerald R. Ford
Republican -
Jimmy Earl Carter
Democrat -
Ronald Wilson Reagan
Republican -
President Reagan shot in chest
President Ronald Reagan was shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by a deranged drifter named John Hinckley Jr -
George H. W. Bush
Republican -
Bill jefferson Clinton
Democrat -
Bill Clinton gets impeached
Bill clinton was charged with perjury and obstruction of justice and was forced out of office. -
George W. Bush
Republican -
Terrorist attack of America
On September 11, 2001, 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda hijacked four airliners and carried out suicide attacks against targets in the United States. Two of the planes were flown into the towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, a third plane hit the Pentagon just outside Washington, D.C., and the fourth plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania -
Barack Obama
Democrat -
Osama Bin Laden shot dead
Osama bin Laden, the founder and head of the Islamist militant group al-Qaeda, was killed in Pakistan on May 2, 2011, shortly after 1:00 am PKT by United States Navy SEALs of the U.S. Naval Special Warfare Development Group. -
House and Senate party majority
Democrats keep their majority in the Senate. Key victories for the Democrats include a win for Tammy Baldwin in Wisconsin. Her victory makes her the first openly gay candidate to capture a seat in the Senate. The Republicans keep the majority in the House of Representatives with 232 seats to 191 for the Democrats
