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President Jimmy Carter
President Jimmy Carter is inaugurated into office. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:JimmyCarterPortrait2.jpg -
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President Jimmy Carter - President George Bush
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Vietnam War Draft Evaders Pardoned
President Jimmy Carter pardons Vietnam War draft evaders. This is a domestic event created to keep the country from fightingh with each itself. http://depts.washington.edu/antiwar/images/vietnam/agitator_200.jpg -
Full Diplomatic Status of the People's Republic of China
The Carter administration grants full diplomatic status to the People's Republic of China. This is a foreign policy that allows us to trade with China and other nations -
Recession
President Jimmy Carter announces that the economy is in a recession with interest rates increasing from 10% to 18%. This recession was important in the domestic policy other government at the time and it influenced how much confidence that the aamerican people would have with buying items and property. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/1973-75_recession.jpg/300px-1973-75_recession.jpg -
President Ronald Reagan
President Ronald Reagan is inaugurated. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/Official_Portrait_of_President_Reagan_1981.jpg -
Proposed increased Defense Spending
President Ronald Reagan proposed cuts to Domestic Programs along with Less Taxation. He wanted to strengthen the Defensed Deficit Spending with a projected Deficit of 45 billion. This is a domestic/foreign policy that helps america remove spending, but also increases defense. http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2008-10-06-OutlaysbyAdministration.jpg -
Ronald Reagan is Shot
President Ronald Reagan is shot by John Warnock Hinckley Jr. He recovers several days later. This is a Domestic Event that shows political unrest in America. Picture: John Warnock Hinckley Jr. (Mugshot)
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Sandra Day O'Connor
President Ronald Reagan nominates Sandra Day O'Connor to fill the seat of Potter Stewart. Making Sandra Day O'Connor the first woman to sit on the Supreme Court. This is a Domestic event shows the rights that Women have gained in the recent century.. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Sandra_Day_O%27Connor.jpg -
"Tear Down this Wall!"
President Ronald Regan challenges Russian Leader Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall to allow freedom in Berlin. This was a Foriegn Polioy event showing the idea that we should continue and promote the spread of freedom. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Berlinermauer.jpg -
President George H. W. Bush
President George H. W. Bush is inaugurated. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/George_H._W._Bush%2C_President_of_the_United_States%2C_1989_official_portrait.jpg -
President Bill Clinton
President Bill Clinton is inaugerated. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bill_Clinton.jpg -
Bomb in World Trade Center
A bomb planted in the World Trade Center in New York explodes killing six people and injuring thousands more. This is a Foriegn and Domestic event that shows how other countries despise america. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/WTC_1993_ATF_Commons.jpg/250px-WTC_1993_ATF_Commons.jpg -
Cuts to Government
President Bill Clinton proposes a strategy to cut government employees and streamline services to save money and reduce taxes almost to the level that the Kennedy Administration taxed. This is a domestic policy that shows efforts from the government to cut spending. http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2010/images/02/03/art.money.jpg -
National Deficit Plan
President Bill Clinton reveals his plan to reduce and perhaps remove the National deficit. Another plan to try to help the National Deficit. http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock/inflation.gif -
Starr Report
The Office of Independent Council releases information and its case on the Clinton and Lewinsky Affair. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Monica_lewinsky.jpg -
Universal Healthcare
President Bill Clinton reveals a plan for universal health care fixing the "broken" system. This was a Domestic Policy that shows a more of a democratic favoring soceity than previously. http://wwwimage.cbsnews.com/images/2009/04/06/image4923629.gif -
President George W. Bush
President George W. Bush was inaugurated. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:George-W-Bush.jpeg -
9/11/2001
The attack of 9/11 changes the way Americans live. This is a Foreign/Domestic event showing the unrest that certain countries/groups have with American Life and society. http://www.behealthybewellbeinspired.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/9-113.bmp -
Recession
During September 2008 a recession hit the United States and imapced most of the entire world. Picture:
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President Barack Obama
President Barack Obama was inaugurated. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Barack_Obama.jpg
