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This limited the Executives power to declare war.

• War Powers Act

• Iranian Hostage Crisis

• Camp David Accords

• Watergate Scandal

President during the attacks of September 11, 2001.

• Ronald Reagan

• George W. Bush

• Richard Nixon

• Bill Clinton

Economic plan to lower taxes on businesses, decrease the size of the government, and increase the size of the military.

• Nixonomics

• Obamanomics

• Reaganomics

• Clintonomics

Nixon's official break into the Democratic National Committee Headquarters and getting caught by the police.

• Iran Hostage Crisis

• Watergate Scandal

• War Powers Act

• Camp David Accords

He asked the Soviet Union to tear down the Berlin Wall and end the Cold War.

• Ronald Reagan

• Bill Clinton

• Jimmy Carter

• Gerald Ford

One result of Betty Friedan's book called the Feminine Mystique.

• Iran Hostage Crisis

• National Organization for Women

• War Powers Act

• Reaganomics

Terrorist attack on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon

• WWII

• WWIII

• Attacks of September 11th

• Cold War

He was president during the Camp David Accords and the Iran Hostage Crisis.

• Ronald Reagan

• Jimmy Carter

• Richard Nixon

• Gerald Ford

This government department was a result of the attack on September 11th.

• Department of Treasury

• Department of the Interior

• Department of Homeland Security

• Department of Justice

Which President was the first to open up the U.S. for trade with China

• Richard Nixon

• Gerald Ford

• Ronald Reagan

• Jimmy Carter