Met with leader of China and they started a relationship with China and agreed on trade. Also agreed to cultural and scientific exchange

A scandal involving an illegal break-in at the Democratic National Committee offices in 1972 by members of President Nixon's reelection campaign staff. Before Congress could vote to impeach Nixon for his participation in covering up the break-in, Nixon resigned from the presidency.

A republican, the first president to be solely elected by a vote from Congress. He entered the office in August of 1974 when Nixon resigned. He pardoned Nixon of all crimes that he may have committed. The Vietnam War ended in 1975, in which Ford evacuated nerely 500,000 Americans and South Vietnamese from Vietnam. He closed the war.

Decided that states could regulate abortions only in certain circumstances but otherwise a woman's right to an abortion was protected by her right to privacy.

(white student) was rejected by the medical school that admitted minority applicants with significantly lower test scores to meet the schools quota of minority's. Bakke challenged UC Davis Medical Schools Quota: which was out of 100 students accepted, 16 had to be minorities. The Supreme Court struck down the Davis Quota and said that Bakke had to be admitted and that because the school had a "fixed number" of admissions for minority applicants, the school had violated Bakke's right to equal protection.

A policy in educational admissions or job hiring that gives special attention or compensatory treatment to traditionally disadvantaged groups in an effort to overcome present effects of past discrimination.

Democrative Party, The 39th President who created the Department of Energy and the Depatment of Education. He was criticized for his return of the Panama Canal Zone, and his last year in office was marked by the takeover of the American embassy in Iran, fuel shortages, and the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, which caused him to lose to Ronald Regan in the next election.

A peace treaty between Israel and Egypt where Egypt agreed to recognize the nation state of Israel during Pres. Jimmy Carters administartion

1979 When the Shah of Iran was overthrown and a theocratic fundamentalist government led by the Ayatollah Khomeini replaced it

1979 kidnapping of American Embassy hostages in Iran. It lasted for more than a year.

Republican President, 1981-1989, who led a conservative movement against détente with the Soviet Union and the growth of the federal government; some people credit him with America's victory in the Cold War while others fault his insensitive social agenda and irresponsible fiscal policies., "Great Communicator"

The federal economic polices of the Reagan administration, elected in 1981. These policies combined a monetarist fiscal policy, supply-side tax cuts, and domestic budget cutting. Their goal was to reduce the size of the federal government and stimulate economic growth.

Although Congress had prohibited aid to the Nicaraguan contras, individuals in Reagan's administration continued to illegally support the rebels. These officials secretly sold weapons to Iran in exchange for the release of American hostages being held in the Middle East. Profits from these sales were then sent to the contras.

A gradual process in which was characterized by many republics of the Soviet Union declaring their independence and being recognized as sovereign nation-states.

Democratic President, 42nd President advocated economic and healthcare reform; second president to be impeached; scandal with White House intern Monica Lewinsky and Whitewater business faults

(NAFTA) An economic pact that combined the conomies of the United States, Canada, and Mexico into one of the world's largest trading blocs.

he was accused of improperly using money from a land deal with the Whitewater Development Company to fund his campaign and lied under oath about having an improper relationship with a young White House intern; House of Representatives approved two articles of impeachment charging Clinton with perjury and obstruction of justice; faced trial in Senate, didn't have enough votes to convict him, remained in office and apologized

- Bush vs. Gore; Nader was the "spoiler" in the election; Gore won the popular vote, Bush won the electoral college; Supreme Court decided the outcome of the election by saying that a complete recount of the Florida ballots was not necessary

republican, neo-conservative, foreign policy dominated by war on terror, No child left behind, tax cuts, high deficits, major economic problems, proposed privatizing social security, opposed stem cell research/pro-life/carbon reductions/ international law, but wanted more domestic drilling to alleviate oil dependence, major contributions to HIV/AIDs

On September 11th, 2001, four American jets were hijacked and used as weapons against the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. On the morning of September 11th, two commercial airplanes crashed into the World Trade Towers, one into the Pentagon and the fourth into a field in rural Pennsylvania. World Trade Center Building 7 also collapsed hours after the planes crashed into the towers.

Initiated by President George W. Bush after the attacks of September 11, 2001, the broadly defined war on terror aimed to weed out terrorist operatives and their supporters throughout the world.

This law passed after 9/11 expanded the tools used to fight terrorism and improved communication between law enforcement and intelligence agencies

- Taliban was sheltering Al Qaeda and would not give them to US, so US brought force to them. Tora Bora - battle where US surrounded Taliban and Al Qaeda but most ended up escaping. US then tried to initiate a democracy in Afghanistan but a lot of the expelled groups seeped back in when US pulled troops out to go to Iraq.

also known as war on terror , Began in 2003 Saddam Hussein was said to have Weapons of Mass Destruction; none were found