PICTURE BOOK

BY:KAHLIYAH JACKSON
President Nixons efforts to ease
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 in Iran.
The Taliban controlled
Afghanistan when the US
invaded in October of 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 began
supplying Taliban rebels with US
weapons
The events of November 9,1989, at the
Berlin wall illustrated that East
Germany would rather reunite with
West Germany than remain
communist.
Hundreds of unarmed people,
including children, were gunned down
by chinese government in Tiananmen
Square
Who benefited the most from
the economic policies of the
1980s? Wealthy Americans
The President was nicknamed the Great
Communicator for his ability to win
over the public? Ronald Reagan
Why was the design of the Space
Shuttle significant? It could be
reused after each flight
What Caribbean nation was
invaded in the 80s by the USA
to keep cuba out? Grenada
Why did a U.S -led military coalition
attack Iraq in 1991? To protect
petroleum supplies and respond to
reports of atrocities in Iraq-occupied
Kuwait
Who was suspected of
masterminding the 9/11
terrorist attacks? Osama bin
Laden
What was the greatest natural
disaster in America during the
21st century? Hurricane Katrina
What State prove to be of key
importance in the 2000
presidential election? Florida
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.
What happened during President
Clintons impeachment hearings?
Majority of senators voted for
conviction and he was removed from
office.
What 1990s act of Domestic
Terrorism killed dozens and
shocked the nation? The
Oklahoma City Bombing
Which of the following is
predicted to cause tens of
millions of deaths worldwide in
the coming decades? HIV/AIDS
The Election of 2008 marked what
historic event? A women
was nominated for Vice President of the
United States for the first time