Ronald Reagan (president)
1980 – 1984; 1984 – 1988 (terms)
George Bush (vice-president)
Sandra Day O’Connor Justice Supreme Court (notable Cabinet, etc.)
Domestic Events
Social:
Air traffic controllers strike and firing
Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
Political:
Release of Iranian hostages
Sandra Day O’Connor to Supreme Court
Assassination attempt
ERA fails
Secret talks arms-for hostages
Iran-Contra hearings
Economic:
IBM and AT&T forced to restructure
US debt up to $130 billion
Reagan visits China
Stock Market crash
Foreign
Wars:
Treaties:
Contras aid
George Bush (president)
1988 – 1992 (term)
Dan Quayle (vice-president)
(notable Cabinet, etc.)
Domestic Events
Social:
ADA signed (Americans with Disabilities Act)
Rodney King riots in LA
Political:
27th Amendment ratified (Congressional Pay Raise)
Gulf War
Economic:
S&L (Savings & Loan) meltdown/crisis
NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)
Foreign
Wars:
Persian Gulf War
Treaties:
Bill Clinton (president)
1992 – 1996; 1996 - 2000 (terms)
AL Gore (vice-president)
Madeline Albright, Sec of State (notable Cabinet, etc.)
Domestic Events
Social:
Failure of health care reform
Oklahoma Federal Building explosion – Timothy McVey domestic terrorist
Monica Lewinsky scandal
Downscaling of federal government’s size
Political:
PLO & Israel sign peace accords
“don’t ask, don’t tell” becomes policy in military
Kenneth Starr special prosecutor investigating White Water, et al
Gingrich & “Contract with America”
Impeachment trial
Elian Gonzales crisis
Economic:
NAFTA approved
Deficit? What deficit?
Foreign
Wars:
Treaties:
Peace accords for the Middle East
George W Bush (president)
2000 – 2004; 2004 - 2008 (terms)
Dick Chaney (vice-president)
Colin Powell and others from Bush I (notable Cabinet, etc.)
Domestic Events
Social:
World Trade Center attacks
Political:
Fallout of election discord
Economic:
Foreign
Wars:
Persian Gulf War II
Afghanistan
Treaties:
Barak Obama (president)
2008 - 2012 (terms)
Joe Biden (vice-president)
(notable Cabinet, etc.)
Domestic Events
Social:
Political:
First African American president
Economic:
Too big to fail
Mortgage crisis
Foreign
Wars:
Treaties: