Timeline and Terms

Events

AIDS reported
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
Assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan
Automobile Workers v. Johnson Controls Inc.
Bill Clinton elected president
Boland Amendment
Bombing of Libya
Civil Rights Act of 1991
Clarence Thomas confirmed as Supreme Court justice
Colin Powell became chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff
Collapse of Soviet Union
Economic Recovery Tax Act
Environmental reforms passed
Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988
Fall of the Berlin Wall
First female Supreme Court justice
First female vice president nominee
First personal computer
Geneva Summit of 1985
George H. W. Bush elected president
Immigration Act of 1990
Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
Invasion of Grenada
Invasion of Panama
Iran-Contra hearings
Kirchberg v. Feenstra
Los Angeles riots
Malta Summit
Mt. St. Helens eruption
Nuclear disarmament summit
Persian Gulf War
Reagan at Bitburg, Germany
Reagan re-elected
Reagan Recession
Reagan urged removal of Berlin Wall
Reagan’s Supreme Court nominee rejected
Reagan’s “Morning in America”
Rehnquist became chief justice
Ronald Reagan elected president
Space shuttle Challenger disaster
Strategic Defense Initiative
Supreme Court ruling against sexual discrimination
Supreme Court ruling on sexual harrassment
Tax Reform Act of 1986
Tiananmen Square Massacre
US Marines in Beirut
Vietnam Veterans Memorial opened

People

Alan Greenspan
Colin Powell
George H. W. Bush
Jimmy Carter
Leonid Brezhnev
Manuel Noriega
Mikhail Gorbachev
Muammar Qaddafi
Ronald Reagan
Saddam Hussein
Sandra Day O’Connor
Tip O’Neill
William Rehnquist

Places

Berlin Wall

Organizations

al-Qaeda
Contras
Moral Majority