President Nixon's efforts to ease the cold

war tensions were called Detente.

The Hostage crisis that seemed to overwhelm
the carter presidency involved a mob seizing
Americans in the U.S. embassy.
The Taliban controlled Afghanistan when the U.
S. invaded in october 2001.
Gerald R. Ford pardoned Richard Nixon for his
role in watergate.
As a result of the soviet invasion of
afghanistan, President carter boycotted the
moscow olympics, blocked food shipments to
the soviet and he negotiated a peace treaty
between the Soviets and Afghans.
The events of november 9, 198 at the berlin
wall illustrated that East Germany would rather
reunite with West Germany than remain
communist.
Hundreds of unnamed people including
children, were gunned down by the chinese
government in Tiananmen square.
Steel and auto workers benefited from the
economic policies in the 1980s.
Ronald Reagan was nicknamed the great
communicator for his ability to win over the
public.
the design of the space shuttle was significant
because it could be reused after each flight.
Grenada was invaded by the U.S. in the 1980s
to keep Cuba out.
The U.S. military led a coalition attack against
Iraq in 1991, to defend kuwaits democratically
elected government from improvoked
aggression.
Osama Bin Laden was suspected of
masterminding the 9/11 attack.
Hurricane Katrina was the greatest natural
disaster in America during the 21st century.
Florida was the key importance in the 2000
presidential election.
The U.S. military attacked Iraq in march 2003 in
part because the Bush administration believed
that the Iraqi government possessed weapons
of mass destruction that threatened the United
states.
During president Clinton's impeachment
hearings the senate failed to provide the two
thirds votes needed to impeach the president.
The Oklahoma city bombing was the 1990s
act of domestic terrorism that killed dozens and
shocked the nation.
The cancellation of the Anti-Ballistic Missile
treaty will cause tens of millions of deaths
worldwide in the coming decades.
The Election of 2008 marked the historic event
of an African American was elected president
of the United States for the first time.