Chapter Chronology

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Chapter Review

Chronological Reasoning for Chapter 30

Question

This chronology lists significant historical events covered in the chapter but not all of them are directly related. To complete this activity, select three to five events and write a creative, paragraph-length story that explains how these events are connected, what happened, and why it matters.
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CHRONOLOGY

1968
  • Richard Nixon elected president.
1969
  • Warren E. Burger appointed chief justice of Supreme Court.
1971
  • Nixon vetoes child care bill.
1972
  • Watergate arrests.
  • Nixon reelected president.
1974
  • Nixon resigns; Gerald Ford becomes president.
  • Ford pardons Nixon.
1976
  • Jimmy Carter elected president.
1977
  • Panama Canal treaty.
1978
  • Regents of University of California v. Bakke.
  • Congress deregulates airlines.
1979
  • Camp David accords.
  • Carter establishes formal diplomatic relations with China.
  • Soviet Union invades Afghanistan.
  • Iranian hostage crisis begins.
  • Moral Majority founded.
1980
  • Congress deregulates banking, trucking, and railroad industries.
  • Congress passes Superfund legislation.
  • Ronald Reagan elected president.
1981
  • AIDS virus discovered.
  • Economic Recovery Tax Act.
1983
  • Terrorist bomb kills 241 U.S. Marines in Beirut, Lebanon.
  • Reagan announces Strategic Defense Initiative (“Star Wars”).
  • Family Research Council founded.
1984
  • Reagan reelected president.
1986
  • Iran-Contra scandal.
1987
  • INF agreement.
1988
  • Civil Rights Restoration Act.