Rachel Harer & Jordan Tillotson

Thesis  Explain and identify influential events and impacts on history from

Jimmy Carter’s Presidency 39 th president Years in office: Party: Democratic Elected from: Georgia Vice president: Walter Mondale

Election of 1980 # 40 Ronald Regan Years in office: Party: Republican Elected From: California Vice President: George H.W. Bush

1988 Election #41 George H.W. Bush Years in office: Party: Republican Elected From: Texas Vice President: J. Danforth Quayle

1992 Election # 42 Bill Clinton Years in office: Party: Democratic Elected From: Arkansas Vice President: Albert Gore, Jr.

2000 Election #43 George W. Bush Years in office: Party: Republican Elected From: Texas Vice President: Richard Cheney

End of Denté  1979 Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan  Withdrawal of the pending arms agreement

The Soviet Union in Decline  1980’s soviet union decline  Afghan war  Military build up  Weakened economy  Mikhail Gorbachev

The Cold War Ends  Collapse  1991  New Russia  Unrest  Four Year Civil War  Peace Talks  Kosovo  Balance Sheet  End to 45 year cold war  Divided the nation

Promoting Democracy and Peace  The United States used its influence to shape developments in other nations  South Africa  Philippines  Northern Ireland  China  Cuba

Easing the Arms Race  First arms control treaty.  Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT)  Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START)  1993, START II.  Economic and political instability  Nuclear arms concern

A Vital Region  Middle East  Vast Reserves  Selling Oil  Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

Arab-Israeli Conflict  A series of wars  Arab Countries Declared wars  Camp David Accords  President Anwar el Sadat  Peace Talks  Palestinian Issue  Guerrilla War  PLO Palestine Liberation Organization  Peace Agreements between Israelis and Palestinians

Increasing Tensions  Iran and Lebanon  Shah of Iran  Extreme Form of Islam  Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini  Persian Gulf War  Saddam Hussein

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