Timeline 1 for Technology Project #3

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    1942-2001

  • Election of 1976

    Ford one the Election of 1976
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    Household income grew by 5% from 1976-1978

  • Unemployment declined from 7.5% in Jan 1977

  • Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977

  • Inflation and interest rates rose

  • Egypt and Israel signed peace treaty

    Egypt was the first Arab Country to acknowledge Israel's right to exist.
  • Election of 1980

    Jimmy Carter was unpopular with the Democratic leaders and thus Ronald Reagan won the electoral college and the popular vote in a landslide.
  • Speech at Brandenburg Gate

    “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall”