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ENERGY CRISIS AND PROBLEMS ABROAD

Presidents Ford and Carter face challenges both foreign and domestic as each attempts to repair the image of the presidency following the bad taste left over from the Vietnam War and the Watergate scandal.

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• Yom Kipper War
• Ford pardons Nixon
• Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
• Camp David Accords
• Iran Hostage Crisis

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RESURGENCE OF CONSERVATISM

America experiences a comeback of conservative beliefs under President Reagan after the previous decades of liberal changes.  Meanwhile, Reagan's new approach to the Soviet Union weakens the Soviets and their control of Eastern Europe.

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• Election of 1980
• Strategic Defense Initiative
• Space Shuttle Challenger explosion
• Iran-Contra Scandal
• INF Treaty

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THE LONE SUPERPOWER

With the Cold War over and the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States becomes the world's lone superpower. The U.S. also witnesses the largest economic growth in its history, but signs of a coming storm loom on the horizon.

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• Fall of the Berlin Wall
• Fall of the Soviet Union
• Persian Gulf War
• NAFTA
• .com economy

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AGE OF TERRORISM

The United States comes under attack from terrorist acts conducted by radical Islamic extremists.  In response to these terrorist attacks, the United States wages a War on Terror that commits the United States to combat terrorism abroad.

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• Election of 2000
• Attacks on 9/11
• War on Terrorism
• The Iraq War
• The Great Recession

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