Presidents

  • Panama Canal Treaty

    Carter signed a treaty that would give control to the people in Panama by the year 2000.
  • Peace Accord

    A peace accord was signed by Menachem of Isreal and Anwar Sadat of Egypt. There were two Camp David agreements. The first was for self governing the authority in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. This recognized the rights of the Palestinian people. There was also an agreement to withdraw Isreal soldiers from both areas.
  • SALT II Agreement

    A treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union that discussed arament control(arms race). They talked about limiting the amount of nuclear power they had. THis includes thermonuclear war heads as well as vehicles with missle launchers.
  • Air Traffic Controller Strike

    13,000 members of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization refused to work anymore because they wanted higher wages, a shorter work week, and better retirement benefits. Reagon told them to return to work in 48 hours or they would be terminated.
  • Invasion of Grenada

    A military group in Grenada revolutionized their government. The United States intervened so that they could defeat the Grenadian resistance.
  • 1986 Bombing of Libya

    The United States Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps bombed Libya in response to the 1986 Berlin discotheque bombing. In the bombing of discotheque, a bomb was placed underneath a DJś table in a venue where it was common for United States troops to visit. The bomb had killed three people and had injured many others including 79 American servicemen.
  • Iran-Contra affair

    This was a political scandal in the United States. Administration officials secretly sold arms to Iran. Reagon had thought that this would free the hostages, which it did. Iran had thought that reagon was going to send troops in to bomb them if they didnt compromise.
  • Clean Air Act

    This act supported other air acts in the past. Its main goal was to clean air-reducing urban smog, curbing acid rain, and eliminating industrial emissions of toxic chemicals.
  • Clean Air Act

    This act supported other air acts in the past. Its main goal was to clean air-reducing urban smog, curbing acid rain, and eliminating industrial emissions of toxic chemicals.
  • NAFTA

    An agreement signed by the governments of Canada, Mexico, and the United States. It was made to eliminate the barriers of trade between these three countries.
  • Executive Order 13099

    Prohibitng transactions with terrorists who threaten to disrupt the Middle East peace process.
  • War on Terror

    This phrase was first used by George W. Busghh. The United States had tried stopping militant Islamist Al Queda and any ties to them.
  • Obamaś Economic Stimulus Program

    This saved and made 3.3 million jobs for American citizens.
  • Dont Ask Dont Tell Repeal Act of 2010

    Stopped from preventing openly gay and lesbian people from serving in the United States Armed Forces.
  • National Energy Policy

    Included conservation, price control, and new technology.