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22nd Amendment
The Twenty-Second Amendment says a person can only be elected to be president two times for a total of eight years. It does make it possible for a person to serve up to ten years as president. -
Rodney king
Author activist , On March 3, 1991, King was beaten by LAPD officers during his arrest, after a high-speed chase, for driving while intoxicated on I-210. -
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Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton is an American politician from Arkansas who served as the 42nd President of the United States ,He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first baby-boomer generation President. -
Contract with America
was a legislative agenda advocated for by the Republican Party during the 1994 congressional election campaign -
O.J. Simpson’s “Trial of the Century”
Simpson was tried for the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald "Ron" Goldman, who were stabbed to death outside Brown's condominium -
Bill Clinton’s Impeachment
He was impeached by the United States House of Representatives of the 105th United States Congress on December 19, 1998 for "high crimes and misdemeanors" -
USA Patriot Act
Known as the "Uniting and Strengthening America " To strengthen measures to prevent use of the U.S. financial system for personal gain by corrupt foreign officials and facilitate repatriation of stolen assets to the citizens of countries to whom such assets belong. -
9/11
The twins tower were attacked by aircrafts, 9/11 is known for the terrorist attacks that occurred in the United States that year. -
War on Terror
Refers to the international military campaign that started after the September 11 attacks on the United States. It was originally used with a particular focus on countries associated with Islamic terrorism organizations including al-Qaeda and like-minded organizations. -
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George W. Bush
George W. Bush, America’s 43rd President he was transformed into a wartime President in the aftermath of the airborne terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, facing the “greatest challenge of any President since Abraham Lincoln.” -
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War in Afghanistan
Invasion of Afghanistan, public aims were to dismantle al-Qaeda and deny it a safe base of operations in Afghanistan by removing the Taliban from power. -
NASA Mars Rover Mission Begins
The Opportunity second of the two rovers launched in 2003 to land on Mars and begin traversing the Red Planet in search of signs of past life -
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Iraq War
U.S. forces invaded Iraq vowing to destroy Iraqi weapons of mass destruction and end the dictatorial rule of Saddam Hussein -
Facebook Launched
On February 4, 2004, a Harvard sophomore named Mark Zuckerberg launches The Facebook, a social media website , that is now used over 2 billion of people -
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Hurricane Katrina
Katrina made a landfall off the coast of Louisiana and it hit land as a Category 3 storm with winds reaching speeds as high as 120 miles per hour which caused a big destruction and loss of life. -
Saddam Hussein Executed
The execution of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein took place on 30 December 2006. Saddam Hussein was found guilty of crimes against humanity and was subsequently sentenced to death by hanging, after being convicted of crimes against humanity . -
Iphone Released
First iphone Jan 9, 2007, MACWORLD SAN FRANCISC introduced iPhone, combining three products into one small and lightweight handheld -
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
Was an unprecedented action to stimulate the economy. It included measures to modernize our nation's energy and communication infrastructure and enhance energy independence. -
Hilary Clinton Appointed U.S. Secretary of State
Clinton served as the 67th United States secretary of state from 2009 to 2013, as a United States senator from New York from 2001 to 2009, and as First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Clinton became the first woman to be nominated for president of the United States by a major political party when she won the Democratic Party nomination in 2016. -
Sonia Sotomayor Appointed to U.S. Supreme Court
She is an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States who was nominated by President Barack Obama on May 26, 2009 and has served since August 8, 2009. Sotomayor is the first Hispanic and Latina member of the Court. -
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Barack Obama
A member of the Democratic Party, Obama was the first African-American president of the United States. He previously served as a U.S. senator from Illinois from 2005 to 2008 and as an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004 -
Arab Spring
A movement in the Middle East that aims to end authoritarian rule and corruption, while trying to gain democracy and economic opportunity. -
Osama Bin Laden Killed
Osama was killed, a team of navy found the al Qaeda leader in an upstairs bedroom with a pistol and an assault rifle nearby and shot him in the head and chest, killing him instantly. -
Space X Falcon 9
Falcon 9 is a partially reusable two-stage-to-orbit medium-lift launch vehicle designed and manufactured by SpaceX in the United States. -
Donald Trump Elected President
An American media personality and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017,a Republican originally from New York City, took office following his surprise Electoral College victory over Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in the 2016