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Balkans Crisis
The Balkans crisis started in October 8, 1912 and ended on July 18, 1913 when Austria-Hungary annexed Bosnia. They annexed Bosnia because they wanted to expand their empire into the Balkans. Serbia were annoyed by this because they wanted Bosnia to be part of "Greater Serbia" because there were a lot of Slavic people living in Bosnia. Russia helping Serbia as it saw itself as the protector of Serbia while Germany backed up Austria-Hungary, in accordance with the Triple Alliance of 1882. -
Assassination of John. F Kennedy
John. F. Kennedy was the 35th president of the United States. He was assassinated at age 46 Kennedy and was pronounced dead later at Dallas’ Parkland Hospital while traveling through Dallas, Texas. Lee Harvey Oswald was the shooter that fired three shots from the sixth floor, fatally wounding President Kennedy and injuring Governor Connally both sitting in a Lincoln convertible as they passed the Texas School Book Depository Building. -
Warren Commission
After President John F. Kennedy was assassinated their was an investigation to figure out what led to the assassination of Kennedy. Lyndon Johnson was the one to established the commission of investigating Kennedy’s death. After a long investigation, the commission led by Chief Justice Earl Warren concluded that gunman Lee Harvey Oswald had acted alone in the assassination. -
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Smith Act
The Alien Registration Act of 1940 also known well as the Smith Act of 1940 was a U.S. federal law that passed in June 28, 1940 that made it illegal for any U.S to teach or advocate the violent overthrow of the U.S. government or to be a member of any group or society devoted to such advocacy. -
Trinity Test
In July 1945, Los Alamos scientists successfully exploded the first atomic bomb at the Trinity test site, located in nearby Alamogordo. -
Marshall Plan
Secretary of the United State George C. Marshall proposed in a speech at Harvard University that European nations create a plan for their economic reconstruction. A program by which the United States gave large amounts of economic aid to European countries to help them rebuild after the devastation of World War II. -
Berlin Airlift
Truman didn't want to cause World War III. So, he ordered an airlift operation that brought food and other needed goods to West Berlin in June 26, 1948. The planes took off from England and western Germany to Berlin since they had cut off its supply routes. -
domino Theory
The domino theory was a Cold War policy that suggested a communist government in one nation would quickly lead to communist takeovers in neighboring states, each falling like a perfectly aligned row of dominos. In Southeast Asia, the U.S. government used the now-discredited domino theory to justify its involvement in the Vietnam War and its support for a non-communist dictator in South Vietnam. the sleep in the working place in which 3 can gain -
Rock n' Roll
Rock n' Roll was a big hit in the 1950 inspiring people to be hippies and basically for teenagers to party and have sex. Rock n' Roll was also a big controversy with teenagers and their parents.Parents didn't live Rock n' Roll at all blaming it for their kid to misbehaved. this type of music was invented by African Americans in which white took it over. -
Television
Television was a seen as a toy for wealthy Americans. until 1950 nearly two-thirds of American households had a television. The first president to be televised was Harry Truman but, later it did not take long for political advertisers to understand the power of the new television medium. The biggest television show "I Love Lucy" air in 1950 was off the chart making more the half the United State watching it. -
Beat Generation
The Beat Generation was a literary movement started and founded by a group of authors William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, and Jack Kerouac. They explored and influenced American culture and politics in the post-World War II era. The bulk of their work was published and popularized throughout the 1950. -
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Bill Haley and the Comets
Bill Haley & His Comets were an American rock and roll band, founded in Chester, Pennsylvania on 1952. from 1952 it still continued until Haley's death in 1981. Bill Haley & His Comets created the song "Rock Around the Clock" which turn out to be one of the fourth-best-selling single worldwide. -
News
mostly the television was for shows and for family entertainment. After the daily TV shows were over the television only showed static. until the 1952 the networks added later news for adult to watch and get informed. -
Brown V. Board of Education
Brown v. Board of Education of 1954 was a Supreme Court case in which the justices discuss racial segregation of children in public schools was constitutional or not from December 9, 1952 through May 17, 1954 . This case was one of the biggest event for the civil rights movement and also helped establish “separate-but-equal” doctrine. -
Fair Deal
President Harry Truman announced his fair deal in his speech on January 5, 1949. His Fair Deal recommended that all Americans have health insurance, that the minimum wage to be increased, and that, by law, all Americans be guaranteed equal rights. Congress did not approve his request about health insurance but did the minimun wage which was called the employment act -
Polio Vaccine
Dr. Jonas Salk an American medical researcher successfully tested a vaccine against poliomyelitis a virus that caused crippling and even paralyze On March 26, 1953 he announces it on the national radio. The first polio vaccine was developed by Jonas Salk and came into use in 1955. -
Emmett Till
Emmett Till was a 13-year-old boy who went to Mississippi since his uncle and cousin invited him. One day on August Emmett bought some candy, and on the way out was heard saying, “Bye, baby” to the woman. There were no witnesses in the store, but Carolyn Bryant the woman behind the counter later claimed that he grabbed her, made lewd advances and wolf-whistled at her as he sauntered out. After her husband heard what happen he went to take Emmett and shot and thrown him in the water. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks an African-American woman was arrested and for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man. few days after the Montgomery Bus Boycott happen. The Boycott was a civil-rights protest in which African Americans refused to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama, to protest segregated seating from December 5, 1955, to December 20, 1956, and is regarded as the first large-scale U.S. demonstration against segregation. -
Elvis Presley
In 1956 Elvis Presley was on a huge scoring strike making him famous with his first single with "Heartbreak Hotel" as well as his first album, Elvis was singer and had a movie contract with Paramount Pictures. Despite "sexy" dance moves that offended people he still was a popular guest television variety shows. -
G.I Bill
The G.I. Bill was created to help veterans of World War II by establishing hospitals, made low-interest mortgages available, and granted tuition for veterans attending college or trade schools. From 1944. In 1956 the Veterans’ Administration offered insured loan and extended these benefits to all veterans of the armed forces, including those who had served during peacetime. -
Eisenhower Interstate System
President Dwight Eisenhower signed the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 also known as the "Eisenhower interstate System" in June 29, 1959 that eliminate unsafe roads, inefficient routes, traffic jams and speeding to ensuring safe transcontinental travel for U.S citizens. -
Little rock 9
The Little Rock Nine were nine black students who went to an all white High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. They going there was because of Brown v. Board of Education making school segregation unconstitutional. On September 4, 1957 the Governor Orval Faubus called in the Arkansas National Guard to block the black students from entering into the high school. Later President Dwight D. Eisenhower sent federal troops to escort the Little Rock Nine into the school. -
Hippies
Hippies were stating to get big during the 1960's. this was created by the counter cultural movement that rejected the the stereotypical withe American and stop the basic American life. The movement originated on college campuses in the United States, although it spread to other countries since Hippies where mainly teenagers. -
LSD
The Sixties began an event in San Francisco called the Trips Festival starting in January 1966. Over 3,000 people were tripping on LSD. Owsley Stanley provided a effective LSD that he created. LSD became available for recreational use, it started to gain a massive reputation as magic for direct spiritual experience. The drug’s popularity since hippies use it in the counter cultural movement. -
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Sit In's
Sit in's were a type of protest for civil rights. mainly used by African Americans in college. Sit in lead to Martin Luther King's idea of "protest without violence." This sit in's consist of Africans sit in the white section of a restaurant and wait to get served. this was a big controversy in which the whites thrown food at them and even spit so they leave. -
New Frontier
The term "New Frontier" was used by president John F. Kennedy in his acceptance speech in 1960. The New Frontier is refers to the economic and social programs of Kennedy. The big concept of a it was a commitment to renewal and change. -
politics Nixon Vs Kennedy
The United States presidential election of 1960 was a big political event held on November 8, 1960 between Democratic John F. Kennedy and republican Richard Nixon also know as the vice president . This was the first election in which all fifty states participated as well as people seeing it on TV. John F. Kennedy won the election in which people based of in his looks when they saw him on TV. -
Peace Corps
The Peace Corps was found ed in March 1, 1961 by president Jhon F. Kennedy, Sargent Shriver and Harris Wofford. The Peace Corps is a volunteer program run by the United States government. The stated mission of the Peace Corps includes providing technical assistance, helping people outside the United States to understand American culture, and helping Americans to understand the cultures of other countries. -
Sam Walton’s Just-in-Time Inventory
Sam Walton is an entrepreneur and businessman in 1962 Walton opened his first Wal-Mart store in Rogers, Arkansas. By 1976 Wal-Mart was a publicly traded company with share value north of $176 million. By the early 1990 Wal-Mart’s stock worth had jumped to $45 billion. And in 1991 Wal-Mart surpassed Sears, Roebuck & Company to become the country’s largest retailer. -
Birmingham March
The Birmingham March or Birmingham campaign was a movement in 1963 to bring attention to the integration efforts of African Americans in Birmingham, Alabama. Led by Martin Luther King Jr and others the mach of nonviolent publicized disagreements between black students and white civic authorities, and eventually led the government to change the city's discrimination laws. -
Freedom Summer
Freedom Summer was the Mississippi Summer Project. It consist of a volunteer campaign in the United States launched in June 1964 to attempt registration for many African-American that want to be voters in Mississippi. -
Civil Right Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination no matter what race, color, religion, sex American citizens were in July 2, 1964. It is Known as one of the legislative achievements of the civil rights movement -
Daisy Girl Ad
The "Daisy Girl Ad" also known as "Daisy Girl" or the "Peace, Little Girl", was a huge political advertisement aired on television on September 7, 1964 by candidate Lyndon B. Johnson's campaign. at the end of the Ad Lyndon Johnson voice is hear saying "Vote for President Johnson on November 3rd..the stakes are too high for you to stay home." when he was competition for presidency with Barry Goldwater. -
Ascendency of Lyndon Johnson
After finishing Kennedy's term Lyndon. B. Johnson went to be the 36th president of the United States on November 3, 1964. Johnson launched a progressive reforms to create a “Great Society” for all Americans. He also championed many other programs including Medicare, Head Start, the Voting Rights Act and the Civil Rights Act. -
Great Society
The "Great Society" was a set of different programs for the United States. These programs where established by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965 throw 1966. The main goal of the Great Society was to eliminate poverty and racial injustice while providing medicare and going toward civil right act. -
Health Care Reform
The Health Care Reform package proposed by President Bill Clinton and the first lady Hillary Clinton. The president had campaigned heavily on health care in the 1992 while in the presidential election, but its own processes were somewhat controversial. The goal was to come up with a comprehensive plan to provide universal health care for all Americans. -
Voting Right Act of 1965
On August 6, 1965 The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson. The goal was to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from having their right to vote as it is presented under the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. -
Anti-War Movement
The U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War began a with a small protest of peace activists. When United States began bombing North Vietnam the anti-war marches attracted a variety of college students, and other protesters making the protest huge over the next 3 years of the war. -
Death of Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr.a Baptist minister was assassinated on April 4, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee sending shock to people in the world. King had led the civil rights movement since the 1950's, using speeches and nonviolent protests to fight segregation and achieve significant civil-rights advances for African Americans. His assassination brought anger among black Americans. -
Nixon Election
Richard Nixon defeats Hubert H. Humphrey and is elected president OF 1968. Taking 8 years of defeated by John F. Kennedy in the 1960 election, Nixon ran for governor of California 2 years later and lost against Edmund G. Brown. Most political believed Nixon’s political career was over, but by February 1968 standing in the Republican Party he announce his candidacy for president and won the nomination. -
Nixon Presidency
Richard Nixon is a Republican and the 37th president U.S from January 20, 1969 through August 9, 1974 and the only president ever to resign from office. Nixon stepped down in 1974 instead of facing impeachment because of the Watergate scandal. He served as vice president under Dwight Eisenhower in 1950. -
Apollo 11
Apollo 11 official objective was to complete a journey of landing in the moon and return back to Earth a national goal set by President John F. Kennedy. Apollo 11 was launched on July 16, 1969 carrying Commander Neil Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin. Estimating 530 million people watched Armstrong's in the television and heard him describe the event as he took "one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind" on July 20, 1969 -
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Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency or EPA is an agency of the U.S federal government that works independently for protecting the environment. Thought by President Richard Nixon and even proposed the establishment the EPA and it began operation on December 2, 1970, after Nixon signed an executive order. The order was ratified by committee hearings in the House of Senate. -
Watergate
The Watergate scandal started on June 17, 1972 when some burglars got arrested in the office of the Democratic National Committee in the Watergate complex of Washington D.C. The robbers were connected to President Richard Nixon’s reelection campaign they were caught wiretapping phones and stealing documents. Nixon took aggressive steps to cover up the crime. This made people question the presidents. -
Title IX
title IX was for women that wanted to join sports in college or pursuit it professionally. The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights enforces this right. Title IX protects people from discrimination based on sex in education programs or activities that receive Federal financial assistance. Title IX states that no person will be excluded from participating in any activity/sport base on gender. -
Roe v. Wade
Roe v. Wade was a landmark in January 22, 1973 Supreme Court decision if woman's having an abortion legal. Supreme Court had a 7-2 decision that a woman’s right to choose an abortion was protected by the privacy rights guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution. -
Heritage Foundation
The Heritage Foundation is an American conservative public policy think tank based in Washington D.C. During the presidency of Ronald Reagan the foundation took a leading in the conservative movement since then it has continued to be a significant influence in U.S. public policy making and is considered to be one of the most influential conservative research organizations in the United States. -
War Power Resolution Act
The War Powers Act was establish on November 7, 1973 to avoid another long battle like the Vietnam War but it was also a congressional resolution to limit the U.S. president’s ability to escalate military actions abroad and other restrictions. the act requires that the president notify Congress. -
Endangered Species Act
The Endangered Species Act was established by congress on December 28, 1973 and signed by President Richard Nixon. The Endanger species act help protect spices of animal and plant that are being extinct around the world until they have agreat population again. -
Federal Election Commission
The Federal Election Commission or the FEC is a regulatory agency that works independently and purpose is to enforce campaign finance law in the United States federal elections. Created in April 1974 based on the Federal Election Campaign Act. the commission is describes as to disclose campaign finance information to enforce the provisions of the law. -
Gerald Ford’s Presidency
Gerald Ford America’s 38th president took office on August 9, 1974 through January 20, 1977. Since President Richard Nixon resigned because of the Watergate scandal. Ford became the first president how didn't get elected in history. Being a Republic congressman from Michigan Ford is credited with helping to restore public confidence in government after the disillusionment of the Watergate era. -
Rise of Three-Mile Island
The Three Mile Island accident began with failures in the non-nuclear secondary system, followed by a stuck-open pilot-operated relief valve in the primary system, which allowed large amounts of nuclear reactor coolant to escape that occurred on March 28, 1979, in the Nuclear Generating Station in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, near Harrisburg. It was the most significant accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant history. -
Video Head System (VHS)
Video Head System or VHS started in the early 1980 and was a new way to watch movies. Instead of going to the movie theater and watch a movie in the 1980 you cold go to your local movie store and pick up a VHS where you put in a VHS player to watch the movies you want in color or black and white. -
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Black Entertainment Television
Black Entertainment Television (BET) is a cable network found in Washington, D.C. targeting young black American audiences and was the leading provider of black American cultural and entertainment based programming. BET was launched in January 25, 1980 by media entrepreneur Robert L. Johnson. Experience as a lobbyist for the cable television industry in the late 1970's Johnson saw an opportunity to reach African American audiences through a cable TV channel. -
Election of 1980
The United States presidential election of 1980 featured a contest between incumbent Democrat Jimmy Carter and his Republican opponent Ronald Reagan and Democratic Jimmy Carter. Carter saw Reagan as a dangerous right-wing radical. For his part, Reagan, the former Governor of California, repeatedly ridiculed Carter and won a decisive victory in the simultaneous Congressional elections. This election marked the beginning of what is popularly called the "Reagan Revolution." -
Space Shuttle Program
The Space Shuttle program was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished routine transportation for Earth-to-orbit crew and cargo from 1981 to 2011. Its official name, Space Transportation System and was taken from a 1969 plan for a system of reusable spacecraft of which it was the only item funded for development. -
A.I.D.S Crisis
The A.I.D.S Crisis happen in 1980 in which people thought only gay people had the virus since two police men broke into a house of two men having sex. later in 1981 it started to be a big deal with this virus since mostly everyone was worried. It also shown that A.I.D.S and HIV were kinda the same thing and it happen to everyone that didn't take care of themselves. -
Sandra Day O’Connor
Sandra Day O'Connor is a retired Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. She was appointed in 1981 by Ronald Reagan to 2006. She is the first woman to serve on the Supreme court or any other court. She also was an elected official and judge in Arizona serving as the first female Majority Leader of a state senate as the Republican leader in the Arizona Senate. -
Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) “Star Wars”
The Strategic Defense Initiative or SDI and also known as Star Wars was a program initiated President Ronald Reagan on March 23, 1983. The intent of this program was to develop a sophisticated anti-ballistic missile system in order to prevent missile attacks from other countries mainly concern of the Soviet Union. Having the Cold War to battle the Strategic Defense Initiative was the United States response to possible nuclear attacks from afar. -
Reagan Doctrine
The Reagan Doctrine was established on February 6, 1985 and was a strategy orchestrated and implemented by the United States under the Reagan Administration to overwhelm the global influence of the Soviet Union in an attempt to end the Cold War. -
Challenger Explosion
the NASA space shuttle Challenger exploded on January 28, 1986 about a minute after liftoff, bringing an end to the spacecraft’s 10th mission. The disaster happen due to cold temperature that two rubber O-rings which had been designed to separate the sections of the rocket booster had failed. The disaster took the lives of all seven astronauts aboard, including Christa McAuliffe a teacher from New Hampshire who would have been the first civilian in space. -
Fall of Berlin Wall
The communist government of German build a wall between East and West Berlin to keep Western from entering East Berlin so they don't destroy the socialist state.Until November 9, 1989, the East German Communist Party announced that citizens of west Berlin could cross the border whenever they want. That same day big crowds swarmed the wall some crossed while others brought hammers and picks and began to chip away at the wall itself to celebrate. -
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Persian Gulf War / 1st Iraq War
Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein ordered the invasion and occupation of neighboring Kuwait in early August 2, 1990. Alarmed, Arab powers such as Saudi Arabia and Egypt called to the United States and Western nations to intervene. The Persian Gulf War began with U.S leading the air offensive, Operation Desert Storm. After days of relentless attacks by the allied coalition, President George H.W. Bush declared a cease fire on February 28, 1991, Iraqi forces in Kuwait had either surrendered or fled. -
Rodney King Incident
Rodney King was an African-American who worked as a taxi driver who's been known as the victim of Los Angeles Police Department discrimination and brutality, after George Holliday videotape the incident and shown several police officers Rodney during his arrest on March 3, 1991. George sent the footage to local news station at KTLA. The footage clearly showed King being beaten repeatedly, and the incident was covered by news media around the world. -
Election of 1992
the election of 1992 was held on November 3, 1992. The candidates of the 1992 election were Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush. Clinton was the Democratic Governor of Arkansas while Bush was republican and 1st term president. Bill Clinton defeated George H. W. Bush. Making Clinton the 42 president -
World Trade Center Attack - 1993
On February 26, 1993 terrorists with links of Islamist terror networks when to the Twin tower location to detonated about 1,200 pounds of explosives in a rental van in the underground parking garage at the World Trade Center. The explosion created a five-story crater in towers and undermined the floor of an adjoining hotel. Six people died and more than 1,000 were injured in the massive explosion. -
North American Free Trade Agreement
The North American Free Trade Agreement also known as NAFTA. NAFTA is a treaty between United States, Mexico and,Canada. Making this treaty the world’s largest free trade agreement. NAFTA is the first to make nations signed a trade agreement with an emerging market country. The three agreed to remove trade barriers between them. By eliminating tariffs and, increases investment opportunities. -
Welfare Reform
The Welfare Reform Act increased the power of the states relative to the federal government, replaced the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program with block grants to the states illustrated the process by giving states greater discretion to determine how to implement the federal goal of transferring people from welfare to work. -
Defense of Marriage Act
Defense of Marriage Act or "DOMA" was introduce in May 1996 by Congress and signed by President Bill Clinton on September 21, 1996. Section Three was struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court which prevented the federal government from recognizing any marriages between couples of the same sex. The federal purpose was that those couples are considered legally married by their home state. The other purpose made it so that individual states do not legally have to acknowledge the relationships. -
Compassionate Conservatism
Compassionate Conservatism was used in a speech by President George W Bush. Compassionate conservatism is an American political philosophy that stresses using traditionally conservative techniques and concepts in order to improve the general welfare of society. -
Election of 2000
The election of 2000 was between candidates George W. Bush Republican and son of 41th president George H.W Bush against Albert Gore, Jr. Democrat and vice-president. On November 7, 2000 it was determine that George W. Bush won the election. -
PATRIOT ACT
The Patriot Act was passed by congress of U.S. This Act stands for the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Interfere and Obstruct Terrorism Act. Signed by President Gorge W. Bush on October 26, 2001 in response to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. -
No Child Left Behind Education Act
The No Child Left Behind Education Act authorizes several federal education programs that are administered by the states. It's also a federal law that provides money for extra educational assistance for poor children in return for improvements in their academic progress. This Act was sign in January 8, 2002 by president Gorge W. Bush. -
Hurricane Katrina Disaster
Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast of the United States on August 29, 2005. The storm was a 3 rating on the Hurricane Scale, winds of 140 miles per hour and stretched 400 miles across. The storm made huge damage, but afterwords it was catastrophic for example massive flooding. Many people were mad at the federal government for being slow to meet the needs. Thousands of people in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama were ripped from their homes. -
Election of 2008
The election of 2008 was one of the biggest controversy in The United States taking place on November 4, 2008. Candidates were Barack Obama Democratic and John McCain Republican. Barack Obama won the presidency. Making Obama the first black president in history. -
The Great Recession
The Great Recession lasted from December 2007 to June 2009. This began with the spending of an 8 trillion dollar resulting in the lost of wealth leading to the sharp cutbacks in consumer spending. This lost of consumption combined with the financial market chaos triggered it to a collapse in business investment. As consumer spending and business investment dried up, massive job loss followed. The U.S. labor market lost 8.4 million jobs of. This was the most dramatic employment contraction. -
Obama Presidency
Obama's Presidency was a great awaking to a lot of African-Americans since it was the first time seeing a black president giving the hope in their dreams. Some people didn't like the idea of a black president in the white house. Obama also tried to help people get medicare for the citizens. President Obama was the 44 president of the U.S -
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 or ARRA is an economic stimulus bill created to help the United States economy recover from an economic downturn that began in late 2007. According to the ARRA's statement the purpose was to developed and preserve the creating of jobs and promote economic recovery. the act was sign by president Barack Obama in February 17, 2009. -
Affordable Care Act "Obamacare"
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act also known Obamacare is a U.S federal statute enacted by the 111th United States Congress and signed by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010. The term Obamacare was used by opponents and eventually used by President Obama. Together with the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 amendment, it represents the U.S. healthcare system's most significant regulatory overhaul and expansion of coverage since the passage of Medicare.
