Picture Book

Dasani Jackson
4th Hour
President Nixons effort to ease Cold War tension were called
detente.
The hostage crisis that seemed to overwhelm the Carter
presidency involved a mob seizing Americans in the US
embassy in Iran.
The Taliban controlled Afghanistan when the U.S. 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 Soviets 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
then remain communist.
In Tiananmen Square hundreds of unarmed people, including
children, were gunned down by the Chinese government.
Wealthy Americans benefited the most from the economic
policies of the 1980s.
President Ronald Reagan was nicknamed the Great
Communicator for his ability to win over the public.
The design of the Space Shuttle was significant because It
could be reused after each flight.
Grenada was a Caribbean nation that was invaded in the 80s by
the USA to keep Cuba out.
U.S. led military coalition attack Iraq in 1991 to protect
petroleum supplies and respond to reports of atrocities in Iraq-
occupied Kuwait.
Osama bin Laden was suspected of masterminding the 9/11
terrorist attacks.
The Hurricane Katrina was the greatest natural disaster in
America during the 21st century.
Florida proved to be of of key importance in the 2000
presidential election.
The US 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.
During President Clintons impeachment hearings, the senate
failed to produce the two-thirds vote needed to remove him from
office.
The Oklahoma City Bombing 1990s act killed dozens and
shocked the nation.
HIV/AIDS is predicted to cause tens of millions of deaths
worldwide in the coming decade.
The Election of 2008 marked an African American was elected
President of the United States for the first time.