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Sierra Club
Their goal is to: To explore, enjoy, and protect the wild places of the earth; To practice and promote the responsible use of the earth's ecosystems and resources; To educate and enlist humanity to protect and restore the quality of the natural and human environment; and to use all lawful means to carry out these objectives. -
Donald Rumsfeld
American polititcan and business man. Both youngest and oldest to serve as Secretary of Defense. Crucial man in planning what to do after 9/11. -
Hillary Clinton
American politician and diplomat who was the 67th United States Secretary of State from 2009 to 2013, serving under President Barack Obama. She was previously a United States Senator for New York from 2001 to 2009. As the wife of President Bill Clinton, she was also the First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001. In the 2008 election, Clinton was a leading candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination. -
Sonia Sotomayor
First Hispanic Justice and third Woman Justice. -
Greenpeace
Non-governmental environmental organization with offices in over forty countries and with an international coordinating body in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Greenpeace states its goal is to "ensure the ability of the Earth to nurture life in all its diversity" and focuses its campaigning on world wide issues such as global warming, deforestation, overfishing, commercial whaling, genetic engineering, and anti-nuclear issues. Greenpeace uses direct action, lobbying and research to achieve the goal. -
Collapse of Soviet Union
Economy failed as well as Communism, new Government established. -
George H. W. Bush
41st President of the United States. In 1988, Bush launched a successful campaign to succeed Reagan as president, defeating Democratic opponent Michael Dukakis. Foreign policy drove the Bush presidency; military operations were conducted in Panama and the Persian Gulf at a time of world change; the Berlin Wall fell in 1989 and the Soviet Union dissolved two years later. Domestically, Bush reneged on a 1988 campaign promise and after a struggle with Congress, signed an increase in taxes. -
WTO
rganization that intends to supervise and liberalize international trade. The organization officially commenced on January 1, 1995 under the Marrakech Agreement, replacing the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), which commenced in 1948.[5] The organization deals with regulation of trade between participating countries; it provides a framework for negotiating and formalizing trade agreements, and a dispute resolution process aimed at enforcing participants' adherence to WTO agreements. -
Bill Clinton
42nd President. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation. Clinton has been described as a New Democrat. Many of his policies have been attributed to a centrist Third Way philosophy of governance. Was impeached. -
9/11
Considered to be the worst attack on American soil since Pearl Harbor. Response was to intiate the attack on terror foreign policy in the Middle East. -
International Criminal Court
Permanent tribunal to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression although it cannot, until at least 2017, exercise jurisdiction over the crime of aggression. -
Kyoto Protocol
International treaty that sets binding obligations on industrialised countries to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. -
Hurricane Katrina
Deadliest and most destructive Atlantic hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. It was the costliest natural disaster, as well as one of the five deadliest hurricanes, in the history of the United States. Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes, it was the sixth strongest overall. At least 1,833 people died in the hurricane and subsequent floods, making it the deadliest U.S. hurricane since the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane; total property damage was estimated at $81 billion. -
USA PATRIOT Act
The act, as a response to the terrorist attacks of September 11th, significantly reduced restrictions in law enforcement agencies' gathering of intelligence within the United States; expanded the Secretary of the Treasury’s authority to regulate financial transactions, particularly those involving foreign individuals and entities; and broadened the discretion of law enforcement and immigration authorities in detaining and deporting immigrants suspected of terrorism-related acts. -
Saddam Hussein
FIfth President of Iraq. Leading member of revolutionary Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party. Originially an ally until he invaded Kuwait and came close to the Saudi Arabia border. -
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
Primary objective for ARRA was to save and create jobs almost immediately. Secondary objectives were to provide temporary relief programs for those most impacted by the recession and invest in infrastructure, education, health, and 'green' energy. The approximate cost of the economic stimulus package was estimated to be $787 billion at the time of passage, later revised to $831 billion between 2009 and 2019. -
George W. Bush
43rd President. Eight months into Bush's first term as president, the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks occurred. In response, Bush announced the War on Terror, an international military campaign which included the war in Afghanistan launched in 2001 and the war in Iraq launched in 2003. Bush also promoted policies on the economy, health care, education, and social security reform. He signed into law broad tax cuts, the PATRIOT Act, the No Child Left Behind Act. -
Osama Bin Laden
Founder of al-Qaeda and responsible for the 9/11 attacks. -
Third Party Candidates
Used in the United States for any and all political parties in the United States other than one of the two major parties. The term can also refer to independent politicians not affiliated with any party at all and to write-in candidates
