1. TAKS 80’S, 90’S & 2000’S

2. TAKS 1980’S

3. RONALD REAGAN 1980-88

4. ECONOMY TRICKLE DOWN ECONOMICS

5. Reagan Assassination Attempt

6. SANDRA DAY O’CONNOR FIRST WOMAN ON THE SUPREME COURT 1981

7. AIDS 1981

8. IBM PERSONAL COMPUTERS 1981

9. INCREASE DEFENSE SPENDING STAR WARS PLAN 1983

10. FIRST FEMALE INTO SPACE SALLY RIDE 1983

11. HOLE IN THE OZONE 1985

12. CHALLENGER EXPLODES 1986

13. CHERNOBYL INCIDENT IN RUSSIA 1986

14. Chernobyl Children

16. IRAN-CONTRA SCANDAL 1986

17. Iran Contra Scandal The Iran–Contra affair), also referred to as Irangate, Contragate or the Iran- Contra scandal, was a political scandal in the United States that came to light in November 1986. political scandal United States

18. Iran contra Scandal During the Reagan administration, senior administration officials secretly facilitated the sale of arms to Iran, the subject of an arms embargo. [1] Some U.S. officials also hoped that the arms sales would secure the release of hostages and allow U.S. intelligence agencies to fund the Nicaraguan Contras. Under the Boland Amendment, further Reagan administrationIranarms embargo [1] NicaraguanContrasBoland AmendmentReagan administrationIranarms embargo [1] NicaraguanContrasBoland Amendment

19. Iran contra Scandal funding of the Contras by the government had been prohibited by Congress. The scandal began as an operation to free seven American hostages being held by a group with Iranian ties connected to the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution. It was planned that Israel would ship weapons to Iran, and then the United States would resupply Israel and receive the Israeli payment American hostagesArmy of the Guardians of the Islamic RevolutionIsrael IranAmerican hostagesArmy of the Guardians of the Islamic RevolutionIsrael Iran

20. Iran contra Scandal. The Iranian recipients promised to do everything in their power to achieve the release of the U.S. hostages. The plan deteriorated into an arms-for-hostages scheme, in which members of the executive branch sold weapons to Iran in exchange for the release of the American hostages. [2][3] Large modifications to the plan were devised by Lieutenant Colonel. [ executive branch [2][3] [executive branch [2][3] [

21. Iran contra Scandal Oliver NorthOliver North of the National Security Council in late 1985, in which a portion of the proceeds from the weapon sales was diverted to fund anti-Sandinista and anti-communist rebels, or Contras, in Nicaragua National Security CouncilSandinista anti-communistContras Nicaragua Oliver NorthNational Security CouncilSandinista anti-communistContras Nicaragua

22. RUSSIAN MIR STATION 1986

23. BERLIN WALL FALLS 1989

24. GEORGE BUSH 1988-92

25. EXXON VALDEZ SPILL 1989

27. CHINA’S TIANAMEN SQUARE STUDENT REVOLUTION 1989

28. The Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) 1969-1986 refers to two rounds of bilateral talks and corresponding international treaties involving the United States and the Soviet Union—the Cold War superpowers—on the issue of armament control. There were two rounds of talks and agreements: SALT I and SALT II. bilateral international treatiesUnited StatesSoviet UnionCold Warsuperpowersarmament controlbilateral international treatiesUnited StatesSoviet UnionCold Warsuperpowersarmament control Negotiations commenced in Helsinki, Finland, in November 1969. [1] SALT I led to the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and an interim agreement between the two powers. Although SALT II resulted in an agreement in 1979, the United States chose not to ratify the treaty in response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, which took place later that year. The US eventually withdrew from SALT II in 1986. HelsinkiFinland [1]Anti-Ballistic Missile TreatySoviet invasion of AfghanistanHelsinkiFinland [1]Anti-Ballistic Missile TreatySoviet invasion of Afghanistan

29. TAKS 1990’S

30. BUSH REIGN ECONOMY STRUGGLES UNEMPLOYMENT GOES UP

31. The treaties then led to START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) This consisted of START I (a 1991 agreement between the United States, the Soviet Union) and START II (a 1993 agreement between the United States and Russia). These placed specific caps on each side's number of nuclear weapons. START I START IISTART I START II

32. PERSIAN GULF WAR 1990-91

33. BILL CLINTON 1992-2000

34. CLINTON REIGN ECONOMY BOOMS SCANDALS WHITEWATER AND LEWINSKY IMPEACHED NAFTA

35. TAKS? 2000’S

36. GEORGE W. BUSH 2000 - 2008

37. 9/11

38. Reaction to 911 Homeland Security Act Patriot Act

39. IRAQI FREEDOM 2003

40. Real Estate and Economic crisis Extended recession Stockmarket failure

41. Barrack Obama First African American President 2008 – to present Economic Crisis