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NRA
nonprofit organization that advocates for gun rights -
Religious Fundamentalism
belief of an individual or a group of individuals in the absolute authority of a sacred religious text -
Trickle Down Economic
theory that advocates reducing taxes on businesses and the wealthy in society as a means to stimulate business investment in the short term -
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
government-sponsored enterprises -
Abu Ghraib Prison
Abu Ghraib prison now know as The Baghdad Central Prison, was a prison complex in Abu Ghraib, an Iraqi city 32 km west of Baghdad that operated from its construction in the 1950s until its closure in the 2010s. -
Osama bin Laden
Founder of al-Qaeda, the organization responsible for the September 11 attacks in the United States and many other mass-casualty attacks worldwide. -
PLD
organization founded with the purpose of the liberation of Palestine -
Yasser Arafat
chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization -
AIDS
autoimmune STI's -
California vs Bakke
Court ruled unconstitutional a university's use of racial "quotas" in its admissions process -
Moral Majority
American political organization associated with the Christian right and Republican Party -
Saddam Hussein
President of Iraq -
Supply Side Economy
theory that argues economic growth can be most effectively created by lowering taxes and decreasing regulation -
Sansinistas
member of a left-wing Nicaraguan political organization, -
Nuclear Proliferation
spread of nuclear weapons, fissionable material, and weapons-applicable nuclear technology -
Economic Recovery Tax Act
tax rates were indexed for inflation -
Ronald Reagan
40th president of the US -
PATCO Strike
12,000 members of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization walked off the job -
Sandra Day O Connor
first women in Supreme Court -
Walter Mondale
U.S Vice President -
Boland Amendment
term describing three U.S. legislative amendments aimed at limiting U.S. government assistance to the Contras in Nicaragua. -
Beirut Bombings
acts of terrorism -
Geraldine Ferraro
first female vice presidential candidate r -
SDI
missile defense system intended to protect the United States from attack -
John Kerry
American politician who served as the 68th United States Secretary of State from 2013 to 2017. -
Iran- Contra Affair
political scandal -
Glasnost and Perestroika
political movement for reformation within the Communist Party -
Bob Doyle
merican former politician and attorney who represented Kansas -
Enron
An American energy company founded in 1985, based in Houston, Texas -
William Rehnquist
one of the most successful supreme court justices -
Immigration Act of 1986
act of engaging in a pattern or practice of knowingly hiring an unauthorized alien -
INF agreement
required the United States and the Soviet Union to eliminate and permanently forswear all of their nuclear missiles -
Tear down this wall
a line from a speech made by US President Ronald Reagan in West Berlin -
John McCain
John McCain III is an American politician serving as the senior United States Senator from Arizona since 1987. He was the Republican nominee for President of the United States in the 2008 election, which he lost to Barack Obama. -
"Read my lips, no new taxes"
phrase spoken George H. W. Bush -
Al-Qaeda
a militant Sunni Islamist multi-national organization founded in 1988 by Osama bin Laden, Abdullah Azzam, and several other Arab volunteers who fought against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in the 1980s -
George H. W. Bush
41st United States President -
Tiananmen Square
Chinese troops entered Tiananmen Square and fired on civilians -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
brought down the wall and brought Germany together -
Invasion of Panama
US invades Panama -
Mikhail Gorbachev
russian leader -
Lech Walesa
Polish President -
Persian Gulf War
international conflict that was triggered by Iraq's invasion of Kuwait -
American with disabilities act
civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on disability -
Failure of Health Reform
collapse of health care reform in the first two years of the Clinton administration will go down as one of the great lost political opportunities in American history -
Deficit Reduction Budget
refers to taxation, spending, and economic policy debates and proposals designed to reduce the Federal budget deficit -
Ethnic Cleaning
attempt to get rid of members of an unwanted ethnic group in order to establish an ethnically homogenous geographic area. -
Breakup of the Soviet Union
officially granting self-governing independence to the Republics of the Soviet Union -
Boris Yeltsin
1st Russian President -
Start l and ll
start l - congress passed laws to protect consumers start 2-
strategic arms reduction talk, 30 percent less nuclear weapons -
Clarence Thomas
2nd African American Supreme Court justice -
Ross Perot
American business magnate and former politician -
Kyoto Accord
An international treaty whereby countries agree to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases they emit if their neighbors do likewise -
Bill Clinton
42nd United States President -
Brady Bill
requires a waiting period for handgun purchases and background checks -
EU
political and economic union of 28 member states -
Internet
world wide web was created -
Al Gore
former vice president -
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton is an American politician, former diplomat, and First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001. -
Don't ask , don't tell
official United States policy on military service by gays, bisexuals, and lesbians, -
Contract with America
conservative actions -
Taliban
A Sunni Islamic fundamentalist political movement in Afghanistan currently waging war within that country. -
Newt Gingrich
50th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives -
Oklahoma City Bombing
domestic terrorist truck bombing on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building -
Bosnia and Kosovo
he Bosnian government asked NATO to help defend against Bosnian Serbs -
World Trade Organization
intergovernmental organization that regulates international trade -
Welfare Reform
a movement to change the federal government's social welfare policy -
Madeleine Albright
first woman to have become the United States -
G-8
intergovernmental organization that regulates international trade -
Clinton Impeachment
impeachment of Clinton due to inappropriate relationship -
Bush vs Gore
2000 Presidental Election -
9/11
A series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic group al-Qaeda in New York City -
George W Bush
43rd President -
Bush Tax Cuts
tax codes -
No Child Left Behind
federal law that provides money for extra educational assistance for poor children -
Homeland Security
A cabinet department of the United States federal government with responsibilities in public security -
"Axis of Evil"
Was used by George W. Bush in his state of the union address, was used to describe governments that his administration accused of sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction. -
Operation Iraqi Freedom
The Iraq War was a protracted armed conflict that began in 2003 with the invasion of Iraq by a United States-led coalition that overthrew the government of Saddam Hussein. -
Mitt Romney
Governor of Massachusetts -
Hurricane Katrina
A very destructive and deadly category 5 hurricane that caused damage along the Gulf coast from central Florida to Texas -
Housing Bubble
Was a real estate bubble that affected more than half of the United States -
West Bank and Gaza Strip
Palestinian territories -
WMD's
A weapon of mass destruction is a nuclear, radiological, chemical, biological or other weapon that can kill and bring significant harm to a large number of humans or cause great damage to human-made structures, natural structures, or the biosphere. -
Sarah Palin
Alaska governor -
Great Recession
a period of general economic decline observed in world markets during the late 2000s and early 2010s. The scale and timing of the recession varied from country to country. -
D.C vs Heller
held that the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to possess a firearm -
Sonia Sotomayor
first Latina justice -
Barack Obama
Barack Obama II is an American politician who served as the 44th President of the United States from January 20, 2009 to January 20, 2017 -
Citizens United
a landmark U.S. constitutional law, campaign finance, and corporate law case dealing with regulation of political campaign spending by organizations -
Arab Spring
Arab revolutions, -
Dodd Frank Act
Designed to improve regulations of banking and investment firms and to protect future bailouts -
Tea Party
grassroots conservative political movement -
Affordable Care Act
comprehensive health insurance reforms -
Syrian Civil War
conflict in Syria fought primarily between the Ba'athist Syrian Arab Republic -
Shelby County v. Holder
signed into law as a defense against discriminatory voting practices, -
Boston Marathon Bombing
terrorist attack -
Debt Ceiling
Limitations set on the amount of money the government is able to borrow -
Same Sex Marriage
U.S. Supreme Court ruled that all state bans on same-sex marriage were unconstitutional
