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inflation
There was an inflation, this made the economy very bad, there was a gas shortage. congress ordered a natural gas act. Also the highway limit was liwered to 55 -
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peace treaty
jimmy carder had israel and egypt sign a peace treaty which ended to troubles between the two countries -
hostage crisis
iran hostage crisis, this is when there were many hostages being held in iran and they to get weapons in exchange for the people -
Reagan assination attempt
On March 30, 1981 John Hinckley tried to kill president Ronald Reagan. He fired six shots at Reagan as he left a speech he had given to the National Conference of Building and Construction Trades Department of the AFL-CIO at the Washington Hilton. -
challenger axplosion
the Shuttle Challenger was launched with seven people on. The disaster was live on TV Later that day President Ronald Reagan talked to the nation from the Oval Office; about the Challenger exploding. -
George hw bush
1988 Republican National Convention Bush would say say Read my lips, No New Taxes! later in his presidency he raised the taxes as a way to reduce the national budget deficit and that caused him to loose lots of votes and he didnt get re-elected for a second term -
the berlin wall falls
President George HW Bush knocked down the Berlin wall. By Knocking the wall down hes ending Communist rule in Eastern Europe. -
world trade center bombing
Six people were killed and more than a thousand suffer injuries after a bomb truck is planted under the World Trade Center in New York. Terrorist tried to blow it up. President Clinton didn't want to hear about the bad news. -
clinton shuts down the governmebt
December 16, 1995 to January 6, 1996 President Clinton shut down the government for 28 days. There was a conflict beween him and congress about over funding for medicare, education, the environment, and public health in the 1996 federal budget. -
U.S. and china trade agreement
The United States and China agree to a trade treaty reducing tariffs and other trade barriers.The treaty is to come into effect after China joins the World Trade Organization and Congress grants permanent normal trade relations between the two countries. Clinton had China and U.S do this. -
Bush tax cut
When Bush came into power he demanded a tax cut and the administration soon agreed to it. The amount falls short of the $1.60 trillion the administration has been seeking. But the bill does slash income tax rates across the board and provides for the gradual elimination of the estate tax. -
9/11
there were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks launched by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda upon the United States in New York City and the Washington, D.C. area. Later that day George W. Bush gives a speech about what happened. He wants to start war. -
anti terrorism
USA PATRIOT which stands for Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act. The act is to discourage and punish terrorist acts in the United States and around the world. This is why President Bush passed it. -
shuttle columbia axplodes
This was going to be the shuttles 28th mission. The Space Shuttle Columbia broke up into small parts over Texas and Louisiana while coming back into the Earth's atmosphere, resulting in the death of all seven crew members. Later that day President George Bush told the nation about what had happened to Shuttle Columbia. -
lilly ledbetter act
This was the first bill president Obama passed. The new act shows that the 180 day statute of limitations for filing an equal pay lawsuit regarding pay discrimination resets with each new paycheck affected by that unfair action. -
no more dont ask, dont tell
President Obama ended the Don't ask, Dont't tell policy. Before people were discreminated by being LGBT and they couldn't talk about it if they were or not.
