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Moral Majority
Founded by Jerry Falwell who wanted to mobilize conservative Americans to become politically active on issues they thought were important http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/Jerry_Falwell_portrait.jpg -
Camp David Accords
President Carter signed a peace treaty with Anwar Sadat (Egyptian President), and Menachem Begian (Israeli Prime Minister). http://blog.lib.umn.edu/govref/fdlp100/nlc07466.13a -
Iran Hostage Crisis
A diplomatic crisis where 52 Americans were held hostage when Islamic students took the American Embassy in Tehran. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/US_Embassy_Tehran.JPG -
Moscow Olympics
When Afghanistan was invaded by the U.S.S.R, President Carter embargo grain exports to this country, and boycotted the 1980 Moscow Olympics http://estate.vonrunte.com/wp-content/uploads/1980/03/moscow.jpg -
Space Shuttle
The U.S Space Shuttle Maiden flight. http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/space-shuttle-launch3a.jpg -
Sandra Day O'Connor
First female Justice of the Supreme Court http://lawyersusaonline.com/dcdicta/files/2009/06/oconnor2.jpg -
Reagan Doctrine
Give military support to oppose communism. http://api.ning.com/files/4ZTpvxJTCGQ9V0yfyGOlYwJTl*79IoI*cxYBwKurpjvm3ufGDbw7G0RiZl*RXQj03vtydT6TQBquzIoFQyUD-5BLB0eVtbqD/Ronald_Wilson_Reagan_Cowboy_Poet.gif -
Windows vs. Apple
Steve Jobs founded Apple Computer Company. Bill Gates created Windows and dominated the market place. http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-idfwbpiIeek/TbSrXXAIfUI/AAAAAAAADjs/P8-iTGGQfRo/s1600/science%2B-%2BMAC%2Bvs%2BPC.jpg -
Iran-Contra Scandal
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Tiananmen Square
Chinese students protested and wanted demonstrations to encourage and continue economic reform and liberalization http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/About/General/2009/3/20/1237537850354/Tiananmen-Square-protesto-001.jpg -
Americans with Disabilities Act
Made it illegal for discrimination and mandated access to public places to people with physical or mental disabilities. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-egM5wwuXnJg/TWWpSDOqC-I/AAAAAAAAAmA/1p3_Q9JtlkY/s1600/ADA.bmp -
Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein invades Kuwait. http://www.sohoblues.com/GulfWarWeb/images/previews/preview25.jpg -
Whitewater Affair
A real estate scandal, and Clinton was accused of lying about an intimaterelationship. http://www.catfo.com/wp-content/uploads/socks_cat_1.jpg -
Oslo Accords
President Clinton met with the leader of the Palestinian Liberation Organization Yassir Arafat to work towards peace. http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1994/arafat.jpg -
N.A.F.T.A.
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Timothy McVeigh
Exploded a truck bomb at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City http://www.varight.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/timMcVeigh.jpg -
Bombing of US Embassies
Al Qaida launched bombings against the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998. http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2001/10/11/mn_tanzania.jpg -
9/11
Four planes were hijacked and three crashed into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. http://www.september112001.com/pic1.jpg -
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Patriot Act
Allowed congress to conduct surveillance in the US against Americans constitution. http://theintelhub.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/usa-patriot-act1_a57e56462aea6a428b18e2892fffb7d9.jpg
