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Jimmy Carter's Term
V.P was Walter Mondale -
Panama Canal Treaty
Carter signed a treaty that would give control to the people in Panama by the year 2000 -
Peace Accord
A peace accord signed by Menachem of isreal and Anwar Sadat of egypt. There were 2 camp david agreements. first was self governing authority in West Bank and Gaza strip. This recognized legitimate rights of Palestinian people. Also an agreement to withdraw Isreal soldiers from both areas. -
SALT II
A treaty between USA and Soviet Union talking about arament control (arms race). They talked about limiting the amount of nuclear power they had. This includes thermonuclear war head, or vechiles with missle launchers. -
Reganomics
Tax breaks from rich people that are givin to the poorer by the government would benefit them better . It would also improve the economy as a whole. -
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Ronald Reagan's Term
VP was George H. Bush -
PATCO Strike
13,000 members of the Professioonal Air Traffic Controllers Organization walked off the job because they wanted higher wages, shorter work week, and better retiriement benefits. Reagan said return to work in 48 hours or be terminated -
Stratigic Defense Initiative
Proposed by Regan, used lasers to dectec and destroy incoming missles, mainly nuclear, from any where. Lasers would be in space -
Invasion of Grenada
a military group revolutionized there own government in Grenada. USA established there military force upon them so they can defeat the Grenadian resistance. -
1986 Bombing of Libya
The USA air force ,navy, and marines bombed Libya because of 1986 Berlin discotheque bombing. The bombing of discotheque was a bomb underneath a Dj's table and it killed 3 people and hurt many others that included 79 american service men. -
Iran Contra Affair
Was a political scandal in USA. This happened when Reagan was in office. The officials secretly solded arms to Iran. People thought this would let the hostages be released. They did free the hostages because Iran probably thought Reagan was going to send a bunch of soldiers to bomb them. -
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George H. W. Bush
VP was Dan Quayle -
Gulf War
code named Operation Desert Storm. It was a war waged by coallition of 34 nations led by USA against Iraq because of Iraq's invasion and anexxation of Kuwait. -
Americans with disabilities Act
Signed into effectivness by George H. W. Bush. This act prevents discrimination of people with disabilities. The original intent of this law is to make it a civil rights law. -
Clean Air Act
This supported other clean air acts in the past. Main goal of this act is to clean air: reducing urban smog, curbing acid rain, and eliminating industrial emissions of toxic chemicals. -
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Bill Clinton's Term
VP was Al Gore -
NAFTA
Agreement signed by governments of Canada, Mexico, and USA.. This was made to eliminate barriers of trade between these 3 countries. -
E.O 13099
Prohibiting Transactions With Terrorists Who Threaten To Disrupt the Middle East Peace Process -
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George W. Bush's Term
VP was Dick Cheney -
War on Terror
This phrase was first used by George W Bush. USA tried stopping militant islamist and Al Queda. And any ties to them. -
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Barack H. Obama's Term
VP is Joe Biden -
Obama's Stimulus Program
Saved and made 3.3 million jobs for american citizans. -
New Start Arms with Russia
Is a Nuclear arm reduction treaty. Between USA and Russia.strategic nuclear missile launchers will be reduced by half -
Dont Ask Dont Tell Act Repeal
Stopped from preventing openly gay and lesbian people from serving in the United States Armed Forces. -
2011 Libya Military Intervention
Many coalittions bombed libya until they found Muammar Gaddafi. He was later captured and killed by his own people. Soon after the whole war settled down once he was out of power. -
OBL Assassination
Operation Neptune Spear was ordered by Barack Obama. He ordered a Navy Seal team lead by CIA to infiltrate the living quarters of Osama Bin Ladin and assasinated him. -
Budget Control Act
The Act brought conclusion to the 2011 United States debt-ceiling crisis. which was a finacial crisis. About increasing debt ceiling. This means the money borrowed by the federal government of the United States at any one time through the issue of securities by the Treasury and other federal government agencies -
End of War in Iraq
Obama announced that usa trainers and soldiers would leave iraq by the end of the year -
NAtional Energy Policy
included conservation, price control, and new technology. -
USA PATRIOT Act
Signed into law by George W Bush. It was made to unite american and strengthen it in the fight against terror.