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panama canal opened
open to traffic, -
phyllis schlafly
she waa a lawyer, wrote a boomk that fueled womens rights in 1952 she ran for congress as a republican -
sunbelt migration
immigration moved to warmer weather -
inflation
increase in goods and services -
nixon becomes president
ran on a campaign that promised to restore law and order to the nation's cities, torn by riots and crime. -
tinker v. des moines
two kids in school were protesting against the vietnam war by wearing black armbands -
Gaddafi
was a Libyan revolutionary and politician who governed Libya as its primary leader from 1969 to 2011 -
detente with soviet union
the formal SALT talks began -
mikhail gorbachev
he was the last leader of the soviuet union in 1970 he was appointed the First Party Secretary of the Stavropol Regional Committee -
stagflation
a situation where the inflation rate is high, the economic growth rate slows down, and unemployment remains steadily high -
environmental protection agency
created for the purpose of protecting human health and the environment by writing and enforcing regulations based on laws passed by congress -
wisconsin v yoder
Amish children could not be placed under compulsory education past 8th grade -
relations with china
when nixon traveled to china to formally normalize relations between the United States and China -
OPEC states declare oil embargo
oil company in iraq, was boycotted in conflict -
energy crisis
which the economies of the major industrial countries of the world were heavily affected and faced substantial petroleum shortages, real and perceived, as well as elevated prices -
endangered species act
it was designed to protect species from extinction -
Gerald Ford becomes Vice-President
Ford defeated Ronald Reagan for the Republican nomination, but he narrowly lost the presidential election to Democratic challenger Jimmy Carter. -
Gerald Ford becomes Vice-President
he became the first and to date only person to have served as both Vice President and President of the United States -
SALT I and SALT II
were two rounds of bilateral talks and corresponding international treaties involving the United States and the Soviet Union -
Carter becomes President
he created two new cabinet-level departments: the Department of Energy and the Department of Education -
Iranian Revolution
Between August and December 1978 strikes and demonstrations paralyzed the country -
Camp David Accords
one agreement led directly to the 1979 Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty and the second agreement which dealt with the Palestinian territories, was written without participation of the Palestinians and was condemned by the United Nations. -
equal rights amendment+
a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution designed to guarantee equal rights for women -
Three Mile Island
it was a partial nuclear meltdown, in one of the two Three Mile Island nuclear reactors, it was the worst accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant history. -
Iran Hostage Crisis
also known in Iran as Conquest of the American Spy Den, was a diplomatic crisis between Iran and the United States -
Ayatollah Khomeini
the leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution -
Boycott of 1980 Olympic
Moscow Olympics was one part of a number of actions initiated by the United States to protest the Soviet invasion in Afghanistan -
peace through strength
concept implying that strength of arms is a necessary component of peace -
Election of 1980- NRA,Moral Majority, Heritage Foundation
between incumbent Democratic President Jimmy Carter and his Republican opponent, former California Governor Ronald Reagan, as well as Republican Congressman John B. Anderson, who ran as an independent -
Reagan becomes President
40th President of the United States from 1981 to 1989 -
George H.W. Bush becomes president
the 41st President of the United States -
Sandra Day O’Connor
served in office for Ronald Reagan -
star wars
ground base and space base4d systems to protect the us from attack -
Marines in Grenada
Triggered by the house arrest and murder of the leader of the coup -
Reagan doctrine
a strategyused by the US under the Reagan Administration to overwhelm the global influence of the Soviet Union during the final years of the Cold War. -
Iran-Contra Affair
the letters indicate that Reagan was aware of potential hostage transfers with Iran, as well as the sale of Hawk and TOW missiles to "moderate elements" within that country -
Terrorism on Libya
3 people were killed and 230 were injured, a bomb was placed under a table near the disk jockey's booth, some of the victims were left permanently disabled due to the injuries caused by the explosion -
Simpson- Mazzoli Act
The Immigration Reform and Control Act -an Act of Congress which reformed United States immigration law.
