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Persian Gulf War
-The Persian Gulf War was the conflict fought early 1991 when the U.S. and a coalition of other countries fought to liberate Kuwait from Iraqi control. On January 16, 1991, coalition forces launched Operation Desert Storm. After six weeks of air strikes, the ground war began. After only 100 hours of fighting, President Bush declared victory, Iraq accepted the cease-fire terms and Kuwait was liberated. -
N.A.F.T.A.
On January 1, 1994, the governments of the U.S.(by president Bill Clinton), Canada, and Mexico signed into being the North American Free Trdae Agreement (NAFTA). This treaty removed restrictive tariffs on much of the trade that passed between the three nations, encouraging the international flow of goods and capital. -
G.A.T.T
The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade(GATT) is a legal agreement between many countries(including; Canada, US, and Mexico), whose overall purpose was to promote international trade by reducing or eliminating trade barriers such as tariffs or quotas. -
Contract with America
Led by U.S. Congressman Newt Gingrich, Repulicans creaed a program that called for reducing taxes, welfare reform and a balanced budget amendment. -
President Bill Clinton Impeached
In 1998, clinton became entangled in a scandal over an affair with a White House. Clinton lied about the affair during testimony to a federal grand jury. Because he commited perjury, in 1998 the House impeached Clinton. The Senate found him not guilty of the charges, but Clinton's presidency was over already. -
Hillary Clinton Senate
Hillary Clinton eventually elected to senate, worked to bring healthcare to Americans as First Lady -
Election of 2000
The United States presidential election of 2000 was a contest between Democratic candidate Al Gore, then-Vice President, and Republican candidate George W. Bush, then-governor of Texas and son of former president George H. W. Bush. ... Bush narrowly won the November 7 election, with 271 electoral votes to Gore's 266 -
PATRIOT Act of 2001
The USA PATRIOT Act (officially the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act) was quickly developed as anti-terrorism legislation in response to the September 11, 2001 attacks. -
september 11, 2001
The September 11 attacks were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks, by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda against the United States on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001 -
Election of 2008
Election of 2008 was significant because Barack obama was the first African American to win the presidency
