The Presidency of Trump and Biden

Women's March January 21, 2017

Millions of people around the world participate in the Women's March, the largest single-day march in US history, to protest the Trump administration and its policies.

Michael Flynn

National security advisor to Trump. Was fired after it was revealed he had secretly spoke to the Russian ambassador on Trump's behalf during the election.

Syria

On April 7, 2017 President Trump ordered US strikes against an air base in ________ after the government launched a chemical weapons attack against the province of Idlib, killing civilians including children.

Mar-a-Lago, Florida

On August 8, 2022: The FBI conducts a search of Donald Trump's home in _________ Florida, seizing multiple boxes of classified documents.

Brittney Griner

On December 8, 2022 _______ is released from a Russian prison in a prisoner exchange.

George Floyd

On May 25, 2020, George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, was murdered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, by Derek Chauvin, a 44-year-old white police officer.

Queen Elizabeth II

On September 8, 2022 __________ dies at the age of 96.

America First

Phrased used to gain support during the Donald Trump campaign; Idea that America has built up other militaries instead of focusing on itself. Trump believed the focus should be on domestic/economic issues rather than getting involved internationally.

Travel ban January 27, 2017

President Trump signs an executive order that denies entry into the United States for people from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen, and suspends the Refugee Admissions Policy for 120 days. Trump's travel ban sparks large protests and legal challenges. As a result of legal challenges, Trump revises the executive order.

February 22, 2022

Russian President Vladimir Putin announces a "special military operation" in Ukraine, sending troops to the country. The U.S. and other countries begin sanctions against Russia.

The March for Our Lives

Student-led protest on March 24, 2018, against gun violence and for gun control legislation in the United States.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Supreme Court Justice ________________________ dies due to complications of metastatic pancreas cancer. President Bill Clinton appointed Ginsburg in 1993. In recent years, RGB served as the most senior member of the court's liberal wing. Her death is less than seven weeks before election day, which opens up a political fight over the future of the court.

February 2, 2020

The Trump administration limits travel from China into the United States because of the coronavirus outbreak in that country. It prohibits entry into the United States by foreign nationals who have been in mainland China 14 days prior to coming to the United States.

Roe v. Wade

The U.S. Supreme Court overturns the 1973 Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortion on the basis of a woman's right to privacy on June 24, 2022.

Michael Pence

What is the name of the Vice President of the United States under Donald Trump?

Kamala Harris

What is the name of the Vice President of the United States under President Biden?

November 8, 2016

When was Donald Trump elected into office?

Covid-19 Pandemic

a global spread of the Covid-19 virus; news of the virus first reported by the news in late 2019; spread to the U.S., which caused a nationwide shutdown of schools and many businesses

22 million

A month after much of the US economy shuts down to address the threat of the coronavirus, ______________ Americans file for unemployment. Cases in the country continue to rise as the United States surpasses many other countries in the number of COVID-19 cases.

Ayman al-Zawahiri

Al Qaeda leader who aided in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the United States, is killed by a CIA drone strike on July 31, 2022.

Withdraw of Afghanistan

As the withdrawal proceeded, the Muslim fundamentalist group the Taliban took advantage of a crumbling Afghan government to seize control of much of the country. After a chaotic final stretch in which some 120,000 people were evacuated to safety, the last U.S. military forces left Afghanistan on August 30, 2021 ending the nearly 20-year-long conflict.

Kim Jong-un

Current leader of North Korea; On June 12, 2018 President Trump meets with North Korean leader, _____________, at a historic summit in Singapore. June 30, 2019, Trump shakes hands with ____________ at a jointly controlled area inside the DMZ and becomes the first US president to cross over into North Korean territory.

Robert Mueller

In 2017-19 he was special counsel to a Department of Justice investigation into possible Russian interference in the U.S. presidential election of 2016.

Charlottesville, Virginia

In August 2017 - After a rally of white nationalists and neo-Nazis in ______________ Trump denounces the violence on "both sides." He is strongly criticized for not denouncing white supremacy. He later condemns the attack that killed Heather Heyer.

January 7, 2020

Iran fires ballistic missiles into two bases in Iraq where US soldiers are stationed in retaliation for the assassination of General Qasem Soleimani. There are no deaths.

General Qasem Soleimani

January 3, 2020, The United States kills ____________________________ of Iran in a drone attack in Iraq. Iran vows retaliation against the United States.

46th President

Joe Biden (2021-present)

January 20, 2021

Joe Biden was inaugurated as the nation's 46th president.

Vladimir Putin

July 16, 2018, President Trump and President _____________ of Russia meet in Helsinki, Finland, for a summit. During the press conference, Trump refuses to speak out against Russian involvement in the 2016 US elections, and he receives criticism from Democrats and Republicans for not standing up to Russia.

child separation at the border

June 20, 2018, President Trumps signs an executive order ending the policy of separating children from their parents. Between April and June, almost 2,000 children were separated from their parents as they crossed the border into the United States. After public opinion widely condemned the separations, the Trump administration ended the policy.

Michael Cohen

Former Donald Trump lawyer served with search warrants by Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Admitted that he paid $130,000 of his own money to an adult film actress who had an affair with Trump.

45th President

Donald Trump

Impeachment

Donald Trump faced __________________ trials in 2019 charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress and then again in 2021 on a charge of incitement of insurrection. In each case, he was acquitted on all counts by the Senate.

January 6, 2021

Trump supporters and white supremacists gather to protest the results of the 2020 presidential election. A mob overwhelms Capitol police and pushes their way into the US Capitol, where Congress is meeting to certify the election results. As members of Congress rush out of harm's way, police are unable to contain the intruders who broke windows, destroyed property, and trespassed through the building. The police shoot and kill one pro-Trump demonstrator as she tries to break through a door, and one Capitol police officer dies of injuries sustained during the riot.