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1969 First landing on Moon
President Nixon has interplanatery conversation with Apollo 11 -
Watergate scandal
Burglars are arrested while trying to steal federal docuemnts. Nixon is aware prior to event and tries to cover up evidence from FBI investigation -
Expansion of National parks - Carter
President Carter improves enviornment by protecting/expanding 103 million acres of Alaskan land -
Nixon ends American fighting in Vietnam
US government was involved to prevent communist take over of South Vietnam. War ended when Saigon was liberated. -
Carter civil reform
Carter passes deregulation of Trucking & airline industries to help economy & fair aireline prices for the people -
Carter creates Dept of Education
Carter creates department of education within government and helps get record number of jobs for women, blacks & hispanics -
Tax cuts
President Reagan passes tax cuts to help economic reform -
President Reagan shot
Reagan is shot by John W Hinckley. The preisdent survives and is reported to have great spirits which is valued by the American people after seeing the second executive officer in history to be attacked. -
Missile Defense technology
Reagan increases missile defense technology to offset Soviet nuclear threats -
The great Berlin wall
Reagan gives speech ordering Mikhail Gorbachev to TEAR DOWN THAT WALL. The wall was built to stop germans from escaping communist land
