Timeline of United States history (1970-present)

1970s

• 1970 - Environmental Protection Agency enacted
• 1971 - 26th Amendment
• 1974 - Richard Nixon resigns Presidency
• 1974 - Gerald R. Ford becomes President
• 1977 - Jimmy Carter becomes President
• 1978 - Humphrey Hawkins Full Employment Act
• 1978 - Camp David Accords (1978)
• 1979 - Iran Hostage crisis[?] begins

1980s

• 1980 - Refugee Act
• 1981 - Ronald Reagan becomes President
• 1981 - Kemp Roth Tax Cuts
• 1986 - Tax Reform Act of 1986
• 1986 - Gramm Rudman Hollings Balanced Budget Act
• 1989 - George H. W. Bush becomes President

1990s

• 1991 - Gulf War
• 1992 - 27th Amendment
• 1993 - Bill Clinton becomes President

2000s

• 2001 - George W. Bush becomes President
• 2001 - World Trade Center and The Pentagon attacks
• 2002 - Homeland Security Act