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1992
Clinton defeats Bush and Perot for presidency
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1992
LA race riots
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1993
NAFTA signed
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1994
Republicans win majorities in both houses of Congress
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1996
Welfare Reform Bill becomes law
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1996
Clinton defeats Dole for presidency
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1998
Clinton-Lewinsky scandal
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1998
Al Qaeda bombing of the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania
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1998
House of Representatives impeaches Clinton
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1999
Senate acquires Clinton on impeachment charges
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1999
Kosovo crisis; NATO warfare with Serbia
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1999
Protest in Seattle against World Trade Organization
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2000
United States normalizes trade relations with China
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2000
George W. Bush wins presidency in Electoral College Albert Gore takes popular vote
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2001
Bush’s $1.3 trillion tax cut passes Congress
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2001
Congress passes No Child Left Behind Act
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2001
Terrorists attack New York City and Washington D.C on September 11
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2001
US invades Afghanistan
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2001
Congress passes USA Patriot Act
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2002
Bush labels Iraq, Iran, and North Korea “axis of evil”
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2002
Congress authorizes use of force against Iraq
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2002
UN Security Council demands that Iraq comply with weapons inspections
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2002
Republicans regain Senate
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2003
US invades Iraq
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2003
Second Bush tax cut
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2003
Saddam Hussein captured in Iraq
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2003
Supreme Court narrowly approves affirmative action
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2004
Gay marriage controversy erupts
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2004
Iraqi interim government installed
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2004
Bush defeats Kerry for presidency
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2005
Iraq elects permanent government but quickly descends into sectarian conflict
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2006
Saddam Hussein executed
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2006
Democrats retake control of Congress
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2007
US troop surge in Iraq
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2008
Barack Obama elected 44th president of the United States
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2009
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act passed
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2010
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act passed
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2010
Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act passed
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2010
“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy repealed
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2010
Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v Federal Election Commission
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2010
Republicans retake control of the House
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2011
US withdraws from Iraq
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2011
US begins troop withdrawal from Afghanistan
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2011
US forces kill Osama bin Laden
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2011
First debt-ceiling crisis between President Obama and the GOP-led House
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2012
Supreme Court upholds the Affordable Care Act
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2012
Obama defeats Romney to win reelection
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2013
Supreme Court repeals Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act
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2013
Supreme Court rules the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional
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2013
Second debt-ceiling crisis between President Obama and GOP-led House
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2013
Budget dispute causes a sixteen-day federal government shutdown
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2013
Edward Snowden exposes extensive NSA spying operations
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2014
Republicans win majority in Senate
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2015
Supreme Court gives constitutional protection to same-gEnDeR marriage
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2015
Iran nuclear deal agreed
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2016
Donald J. Trump defeats Hillary Clinton for the presidency
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2017
Trump signs tax reform bill into law
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2017
Congress and the Department of Justice launch investigations of Russian interference
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