History

Don't ask if their gay in the army and don't tell them your gay.

"Don't ask, don't tell"

Bill clinton

"I feel your pain"

Phrase spoken by President candidate George H. W. Bush

"Read my lips: No new taxes"

U.s. overthrew gov. Of Afghanistan (tailban) for allowing Al quads to use their country.

"The war on terror"

Carter and Raegan were nominated. Reagan defeated Carter in a landslide and the Republicans took control of the senate after 28 years.

1980 Presidential election

GOP lost congress

2006 election

Bush worked with democrats to sign Americans with disabilities act.

ADA

Reagan was criticized for a slow response to the AIDS epidemic.

AIDS

Led by osama bin Laden. Sent bombs to trade center nyc. Killing 6 injuring 1000. To end u.s. involvement in Muslim countries.bombing in u.s. embassies in east Africa killing 225. Bombing in uss cole killing 2,000.

Al Qaeda

Steve Jobs and Steve wozniak created personal computer company apple.

Apple

When a licensed person can deliver a unlicensed person a weapon

Brady bill

Cable News Network (CNN) was created by Ted Turner using satellites to broadcast into cable-equipped homes

CNN

After three wars in 30 years, Carter helped negotiate a treaty between Israel and Egypt.

Camp David Accords

1970

Clean Air Act

1973

Clean Water Act

Conservatives, mostly Republicans, favored free market and private organizations helping the needy, less regulations on businesses, lower taxes, and strong anti-communism instead of détente.

Conservatives / The New Right

created in 1970 on April 20th.

Earth day

GOP took both houses of congress

Election 1994

Bill Clinton defeats G.H.W. Bush

Election of 1992

Clinton won a landslide

Election of 1996

George W. Bush won election. Vote in Florida was really close.they had to recount.out of 6 million votes bush won Florida by 537.

Election of 2000

Beginning with elections in Poland and the opening of the Berlin Wall communism crumbled in Eastern Europe during bush's presidency.Bush continued nuclear weapons reductions with Gorbachev. U.S.S.R dissolved into 15 separate countries. The Cold War ended in 1991.

End of Cold War

1973

Endangered Species Act

Signed by president Richard Nixon. Encouraged by public support for environmental protected laws.

Environmental protection agency (EPA)

Clinton signed it, bush didn't want too

Family medical leave act

National economies, politics, cultures, and societies became integrated with other nations around the word. This led to the creation of multinational corporations.Helped make jobs better.

Globalization

Health security act

Hillarycare

TSA transfers to homeland security. Protect American people.

Homeland security

Was impeached but not removed from office. Charged with perjury.

Impeachment of bill clinton

(OPEC) The organization of petroleum (oil) cut off oil sales to Israel's allies including the U.S. which made gas prices rise and this caused inflation throughout the U.S. economy.

Inflation & OPEC embargo

As part of the war drugs, U.S. invaded Panama to overthrow and arrest leader Manuel Noriega for drug trafficking.

Invasion of Panama

U.s. invaded iraq

Invasion of iraq

Congress banned aid to contras.U.S sent weapons to Iran and illegally sent money to contras.

Iran-contra scandal

Ayatollah Khomeini, a fundamentalist Islamic leader, seized power in Iran. His supporters took U.S. hostages in Iran and held them for over a year. Carter was unable to get their release.

Iranian Hostage Crisis

Microsoft was created by bill gates and Paul Allen to create operating systems for personal computers.

Microsoft

Mikhail was a Soviet leader who started reforms in the U.S.S.R.He also reduced nuclear arms with Reagan.

Mikhail Gorbachev

Canada, Mexico, and the United States signed this to trade in North America.

NAFTA

Nixon signed OSHA to make workplaces safer.

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

Terriost attack

Oklahoma bombing

Iraq under Saddam Hussein invaded its oil neighbor, Kuwait.Bush went to U.N. To set a deadline for Iraq to w/draw. When the U.S. plane failed the U.S sent forces that bombed and invaded Kuwait.Iraq eventually w/draw.Iraq was not invaded nor was the leader overthrown.

Operation desert storm/Persian Gulf war

Carter difficultly negotiated to return the Panama Canal Zone back to Panama. It was a success.

Panama Canal Treaty

Allowed info to be shared and allowed tools to be used to identify terrorists.

Patriot act

1988

President George H.W. Bush (R)

Ford lost support when he pardoned Nixon.Republicans lost 48 seats in the house from the watergate scandal.Ford continued Nixons foreign policies as detente with the U.S.S.R.(including nuclear arms reductions) tried to help South Vietnam but failed.Ford struggled with stagflation. Cater (D) defeated Ford (R) in close election.

President Gerald Ford (R)

Carter focused on human rights over detente. Carter stopped U.S. aid for anti-communist. controlled govt. in Nicaragua, which was replaced. Carter withdrew SALT II treaty from senate approval, imposed sanction, and canceled U.S participation in Olympics In U.S.S.R. He returned the Panama canal.Carter helped negotiate a treaty between Israel and Egypt.

President Jimmy Carter (D)

Nixon sent money to states to reduce power of fed. Govt. Nixon was accused of being included in a watergate break in. Nixon denied. Nixon refused to turn in audio tapes until forced. some parts of tape were erased. Nixon abused presidential power. impeachment began. Nixon resigned office. Gerald Ford replaced him.Ford pardoned Nixon.(made Americans angry)

President Richard M. Nixon (R)

Reagan disagreed with detente. He called U.S.S.R " the evil empire".he believed the soviets were close to collapse and could not keep up with U.S. military build up.Reagan proposed the SDI. U.S. hostages in Iran were released when Reagan became president.

President Ronald Reagan(R)

Worked with republicans on anti-crime bill, limiting welfare

President bill clinton

Reaganomics was Reagan arguing that cutting taxes will create economic growth and that it will increase the amount of collected taxes.

Reaganomics

A strategy to protect the U.S. from nuclear missiles by making land and space weapons.

SDI

he was the Iraq leader. he was not overthrown.

Saddam Hussein

Terriosts attack world center. 3,000 dead.

Sep. 11 2001

After U.S.S.R invaded Afghanistan, Carter withdrew Salt II Treaty, imposed sanctions, and cancelled U.S. participation in summer Olympics in U.S.S.R.

Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

(A economy with high inflation)Nixon was unsuccessful with ending stagflation, which plagued the U.S. throughout the decade.

Stagflation

Fed. Gov. And several universities began to link computer systems together with cables and satellites and create the Internet by the 1980s

The internet

The most serious accident in the U.S. commercial nuclear power plant operating history.

Three mile Island

Watergate was linked with the White House.one of the burglars said they had been hired by the committee to reelect the president.(CRP or CREEP) watergate led to new laws reforming elections and access to govt. Info. watergate showed checks and balances worked.

Watergate scandal

Clinton sent troops to Yugoslavia who had descended into war.

Yugoslavia

Liberals, mostly Democrats, favored federal govt. to help the needy and for them to control businesses, give high taxes on the wealthy, and diplomacy when resisting communism.

liberals