1980-2001 By smartdcj 1963 Recession ends, congress approves Nafta treaty 1982 CIA organizes contra war Nicaragua's Sandinista government The U.S. backed and supported right wing rebels 1983 U.s invasio of Grenada 1983 Terrorist attack in Beirut 239 Marines die in Beirut terrorist attack 1984 Reagan defeats Mondale by Landslide, Congress bars military aid to contra 1986 William Rehnquist becomes chief justice of supreme court, Antonin Scalia joins supreme court 1988 George Bush elected president 1989 Oliver North convicted of Iran-Contra role, U.S. invades Panama, Berlin wall is opened 1990 Recession Begins, Soviet withdraws troops from Eastern Europe 1991 Gulf war, U.S and USSR sign treaty reducing nuclear arms 1992 Roe vs. wade, Bill Clinton elected president 1993 World trade center bombed 1998 Bill Clinton impeached by house of representatives 2000 George w. Bush elected president Sep 11, 2001 911 Terrorist attack on the world trade center