Picture Book

By: Ronald Reid

The hostage crisis that seemed to overwhelm
the Carter presidency involved a mob seizing
Americans in the U.S. embassy in Iran.
President Nixons efforts to ease Cold War
tensions were called Detente.
The Taliban controlled Afghanistan when the
U.S invaded in October in 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 the Taliban
rebels with U.S. weapons.
The events of November 9, 1989, at the Berlin
Wall illustrated that the communist party
leaders in the Soviet Union would not accept
democratic reforms.
Hundreds of unarmed people, including
children, were gunned down by the Chinese
government in Tiananmen Square.
Wealthy Americans benefited the most from the
economic policies of the 1980s
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.
Haiti was the Caribbean nation that was
invaded in the 1980s by the US to keep Cuba
out.
To protect petroleum supplies and respond to
reports of atrocities in Iraq- occupied Kuwait a
U.S -led military coalition attack in Iraq in
1991.
Osama bin Laden was suspected of
masterminding the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Hurricane Katrina was the greatest natural
disaster in America during the 21st century.
Florida was proved to be of key importance in
the 2000 presidential election.
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.
A majority of senators voted for convection and
President Clinton was removed from the office
at his impeachment hearings.
The Oklahoma City Bombing in the 1990s act
of Domestic Terrorism killed dozens and
shocked the nation.
HIV/AIDS is predicted to cause tens of millions
of deaths worldwide in the coming decades.
An African American was elected president of
the United States in The Election of 2008 was
marked an historic event.