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Carter Defeats Ford In Election
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Carter Administration
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Carter helps with Camp David Accords
Peace Treaty between Egypt and Israel President Carters greatest foreign triumph. -
Iran Hostage Crisis
Pres. Carter’s greatest foreign policy crisis occurred in Iran when the U.S. backed Shah was overthrown in an Islamic revolution headed by the religious leader Ayatollah Khomeini. Revolutionaries took 52 American hostages from the U.S. Embassy and held them for 444 days. -
US Places Embargo on USSR and Boycott 1980 Olympics
Carter placed an embargo of grain exports on the U.S.S.R. andhad the U.S. boycott the 1980 Moscow Olympics. -
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Reagan Administration
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Reagan Defeats Carter in 1980 Election
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Strategic Defense Initiative
An iniative in which the government tryed to create a system which would intercept and destroy oncoming missles. -
Iran-Contra Scandal
Members of Reagan’s administration such as Colonel Oliver North secretly sold weapons to Iran in exchange for the release of U.S. hostages in the Middle East. Money from the sales wasgiven to the Contras after Congress had forbiden it. -
Signing of the INF treaty between the US and USSR
It eliminated USSR's short and intermediate range missles near the US. -
George H. W, Bush defeats Michael Dukakis
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Bush Sr. Administration
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Signed the American Disablilities Act
Forbid discrimination and mandated access to public places inregards to persons with physical or mental disabilities. -
Operatoin Desert Storm
The U.S. organized a U.N. coalition of forces to expel Iraq from Kuwait in the Persian Gulf War. -
Signed the Civil Rights act of 1991
The Civil Rights Act of 1991 is a United States statute that was passed in response to a series of United States Supreme Court decisions which limited the rights of employees who had sued their employers for discrimination. -
William Clinton Defeats Bush in Election
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Clinton Administration
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Signed the Emergency Family Leave Act
giving workers unpaid leave to care for sick family members. -
Signed N.A.F.T.A.
Formed the North American Free trade Agreement. In 1994, the U.S. joined Mexico and Canada informing this to promote free trade and increase U.S. exports so as to compete with the European Union -
Formed the World Trade Orginization
Formed to settle trade disputes between nations. Critics of theseprograms fear the loss of U.S. unskilled jobs to cheaper overseas labor. -
Signed the Welfare Reform Act
Limited welfare benefits and required work to receive benefits. -
George W. Bush defeated Al gore and Independent party
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Bush Jr. Administration
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Passed the Patriot Act
Passed by Congress to make it easier to conduct surveillance in the U.S. to fight terrorism. Controversial and opposed by civil rights groups. -
Formed Department of Homeland Security
Created to coordinate government agencies in the war onterrorism.
