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Camp David Accords
Jimmy Carter had Egypt and Israel sign a peace treaty with eachother. It was said he was so persistent with this peace treaty he wouldn't let the two leaders leave until they signed the peace treaty. -
Iran Hostage Crisis
Fifty-two American were taken and held hostage for 444 days when the American Embassy in Tehran was taken over. The Iranians wanted Carter out of presidencey so they did not realease the hostages until Ronald Reagan was inagurated. -
Ronald Reagan Assasination Attempt
69 days into the presidency Ronald Reagan's assination attempt happened. Reagan and 3 others were shot and wounded by John Hinckley, Jr. -
SDI
Stragety Defensive Initiative was proposed by Reagan on March 23, 1983. The idea was to use ground-based and space-based systems to protect the United States from attack by strategic nuclear ballistic missiles. -
Tear down this wall!
This was a challenge to the Soviet Union in Reagan's speech at the Brandenburg Gate. He did this on the 750th anniversary of the Berlin. -
Read my lips, no new taxes
Bush told everyone in his inaguration that he was not going to raise taxes. This is one of the main reasons why he was elected as president. -
Tax Raise
George H.W. Bush raised taxes. This caused everyone to not vote for him during re-election. The people felt lied to. -
Wins Cold War(didn't know the date)
Ronald Reagan did not exactly win the cold war, historians don't believe that he, specifically, won the cold war. They believe that his actions are the reason why we won the cold war though. -
N.A.F.T.A
Bill Clinton wanted to have a trade agreement. Trade agreement signed by Canada, Mexico, and the United States. -
Lewinski Gate
It was a political sex scandal between Bill Clinton and Monika Lewinsky. The news of this extra marital affair led to impeachement by the U.S. House of Representitives. -
Balanced Federal Budget
The Budget of the United States government Fiscal year 1999 was a spending request to fund government operations. It was the first balanced federal budget in 30 years. -
Impeachement fails to remove
The house and senate try to impeach president Bill Clinton. They did not succeed though. The senate was 17 votes short from removing Clinton from office. -
September 11, 2001
There was a terrorist attack on the world trader center on September 11, 2001. This caused President Bush to call out on Iraq, Iran, and North Korea calling them the axis of evil. -
War in Afghanistan
This war refers to the intervention in the Afghan Civil War by the United States and its allies. This was following the 9/11 terrorist attack to dismantle Al-Queda. -
Axis of Evil
The Axis of Evil was a term used by President Bush in his State of the Union Address. He said that Iraq, Iran, and North Korea were building nuclear weapons and seeking mass destruction. -
Department of Homeland Security
This was created in response to the 9/11 terrorist attack. The primary responsibilities of the Department of Homeland Security was to protect the United States of America and U.S. territories (including protectorates) from and responding to terrorist attacks, man-made accidents, and natural disasters -
Obamacare
This act was aimed at increasing the rate of health insurance for Americans and reducing the overall costs of healthcare. This was signed into law by Barack Obama on March 23, 2010. -
Assassination of Bin Laden
Osama Bin Laden was killed on May 2, 2011. He was respoonsible for the september 11th attack and has been killed during Obama's presidencey.
