U.S. History II 1980 - 2001

  • JIMMY CARTER ELECTED PRESIDENT

    JIMMY CARTER ELECTED PRESIDENT
  • CAMP DAVID ACCORDS

    CAMP DAVID ACCORDS
    POLITICAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN EGYPT AND ISRAEL AND SIGNED BY PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER
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    IRANIAN HOSTAGE CRISIS

    52 AMERICANS HELD HOSTAGE IN IRAN
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    SOVIET-AFGHAN WAR

  • IRAQ INVADES IRAN

    IRAQ INVADES IRAN
  • RONALD REAGAN ELECTED PRESIDENT

    RONALD REAGAN ELECTED PRESIDENT
  • ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN

    ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN
  • SUICIDE BOMBER KILLS 241 MARINES IN BEIRUT

    SUICIDE BOMBER KILLS 241 MARINES IN BEIRUT
  • OPERATION URGENT FURY

    OPERATION URGENT FURY
    RESULTED FROM THE HOUSE ARREST AND EXECUTION OF MAURICE BISHOP AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE REVOLUTIONARY MILITARY COUNCIL
  • RONALD REAGAN ELECTED PRESIDENT FOR 2ND TERM

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    IRAN-CONTRA AFFAIR

    SECRET SALE OF ARMS TO ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN WHO WERE UNDER AN ARMS EMBARGO TO FUND THE CONTRAS IN NICARAGUA
  • GENEVA SUMMIT

    GENEVA SUMMIT
    MEETING BETWEEN REAGAN AND GORBACHEV ON INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS AND THE ARMS RACE
  • TAX REFORM ACT OF 1986

    LOWERED FED INC TAX RATE, DECREASED THE NUMBER OF TAX BRACKETS, REDUCED THE TOP TAX RATE FROM 50% TO 28% AND EXPANDED EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT, THE STANDARD DEDUCTION, AND THE PERSONAL EXEMPTION
  • IMMIGRATION REFORM AND CONTROL ACT OF 1986

    MADE IT ILLEGAL TO HIRE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS KNOWINGLY, ALSO LEGALIZED MOST UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS WHO HAD ARRIVED IN THE COUNTRY PRIOR TO JANUARY 1 1982
  • TEAR DOWN THIS WALL

    TEAR DOWN THIS WALL
    REAGAN'S SPEECH AT THE BRANDENBURG GATE CHALLENGE GORBACHEV
  • INTERMEDIATE-RANGE NUCLEAR FORCES TREATY

    INTERMEDIATE-RANGE NUCLEAR FORCES TREATY
    AGREEMENT TO ELIMINATE THE INTERMEDIATE RANGE AND SHORTER RANGE MISSILES BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE SOVIET UNION
  • CIVIL LIBERTIES ACT OF 1988

    GRANTED REPARATIONS TO JAPANESE AMERICANS INTERNED DURING WORLD WAR II
  • GEORGE H.W. BUSH ELECTED PRESIDENT

    GEORGE H.W. BUSH ELECTED PRESIDENT
  • MIKHAIL GORBACHEV BECOMES GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE SOVIET UNION

    MIKHAIL GORBACHEV BECOMES GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE SOVIET UNION
  • OPENING OF THE BERLIN WALL

    OPENING OF THE BERLIN WALL
    HEAD OF THE EAST GERMAN COMMUNIST PARTY ANNOUNCED CITIZENS OF GDR COULD CROSS WHENEVER THEY CHOSE
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    OPERATION DESERT SHIELD

  • IRAQ INVADES KUWAIT LEADING TO THE 1ST GULF WAR

    IRAQ INVADES KUWAIT LEADING TO THE 1ST GULF WAR
  • GERMAN UNIFICATION

    GERMAN UNIFICATION
    THE CULMINATION OF THE EFFORTS TO REUNIFY GERMANY AFTER THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL
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    OPERATION DESERT STORM

    COMBAT PHASE OF THE 1ST GULF WAR
  • THE END OF THE SOVIET UNION

    THE END OF THE SOVIET UNION
    GORBACHEV RESIGNS, DECLARES THE OFFICE OF THE GEN SEC EXTINCT AND THE SOVIET UNION CEASED TO EXIST
  • BILL CLINTON ELECTED PRESIDENT

    BILL CLINTON   ELECTED PRESIDENT
  • WORLD TRADE CENTER BOMBING BY RADICAL ISLAMIC GROUP AL-QAEDA

    WORLD TRADE CENTER BOMBING BY RADICAL ISLAMIC GROUP AL-QAEDA
  • CALIFORNIA PROPOSITION 187

    SAVE OUR STATE INITIATIVE FOR STATE RUN CITIZENSHIP SCREENING PROHIBITING ILLEGAL ALIENS FROM USNING NON-EMERGENCY HEALTHCARE, PUBLIC EDUCATION AND OTHER STATE SERVICES
  • BILL CLINTON ELECTED PRESIDENT FOR 2ND TERM

  • AL QAEDA BOMBING OF AMERICAN EMBASSIES

    AL QAEDA BOMBING OF AMERICAN EMBASSIES
    IN NAIROBI, KENYA, AND TANZANIA
  • OPERATION INFINITE REACH

    OPERATION INFINITE REACH
    LAUNCH OF CRUISE MISSILES ON AL QAEDA BASES IN AFGHANISTAN IN RESPONSE TO EMBASSY BOMBINGS
  • OPERATION DESERT FOX

    OPERATION DESERT FOX
    BOMBING CAMPAIGN ON IRAQ BY THE US AND UK FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH UN RESOLUTIONS
  • BILL CLINTON ACQUITTED OF ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT

  • GEORGE W. BUSH ELECTED PRESIDENT

    GEORGE W. BUSH ELECTED PRESIDENT
  • ATTACK ON THE WORLD TRADE CENTER AND THE PENTAGON

    ATTACK ON THE WORLD TRADE CENTER AND THE PENTAGON
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    OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

    US GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM