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California v. Bakke
Regents of the University of California against Bakke to allow more than race to be one of several factors in college admission policy decision made the supreme court -
PLO
Known as the Palestine Liberation Organization was organized to liberate Palestine through armed struggle and violence in Israel -
Supply- Side Economics
Theory argued saying that lower taxes and decrease regulations will help economic growth -
Trickle Down Economics
theory that advocates reducing taxes from businesses and the wealthy -
Glasnost and Perestroika
Was a political movement to reformation within the communist party of the soviet associated with soviet leader Mikhail -
Religious Fundamentalism
defined as militantly anti-modernist Protestant evangelicalism to George mason -
Moral Majority
Was a political group made of conservatives and fundamentalist Christians helping in the election of 1908 -
Saddam Hussein
Leader of Iraqi and invaded Iran for territorial disputation of Shatt Al Arab -
Walter Mondale
Former vice president and ran for president but lost to Reagan -
Ronald Reagan
Was the 40th president served 1981-1989 -
Economic Recovery Tax Act
Law that lowered income tax rates and incentives for small business and saving -
PACTO
Stands for Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization. Reagan said had to pay 1,000 fine each day workers were on strike. Fired everyone -
Sandra Day O'Connor
Served in the Supreme Court as the first women -
Boland Amendment
The three government branches use ti limit government assistance in Nicaragua -
Beirut Bombings
Terrorism in Beirut during the Lebanese civil war -
Lech Walesa
Former president of Poland won the noble prize of 1983 for making peace for human rights -
Geraldine Ferraro
First woman vice president of a political party(democratic) -
SDI
The U.S missile defense system from nuclear weapons -
Iran contra affair
Scandal during Reagan second presidency -
William Rehnquist
Appointed to the Supreme Court by Nixon and Reagan made him Chief of justice -
immigration Act of 1986
Had to have an legal document to work and those without one were unemployed -
Tear down this Wall
Speech made by Reagan to the Soviet leader to tear down the Berlin wall and open the barrier -
INF
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty between the U.S and Soviets to not use nuclear weapons -
Yasser Arafat
Leader of the PLO for 40 years even during the war with israel -
"Read my lips, no new taxes"
Said by former president George H.W Bush in the 1988 Republican convention -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
Eastern Berlin communist talked about the relationship with the West and allowed GDR to cross the boarder -
George H.W. Bush
Was president of the U.S from 1989-1993 before was the Governor of Texas. -
Tienanmen Square
By the center capitol Beijing the Chinese troops entered and fired at citizen killing 100-1000 -
Panama Invasion
The U.s invade panama killing 600 people trying to stop the president for drug trafficking -
Mikhail Gorbachev
was a president of the Soviet union in 1990 -
Americans with Disabilities Act
Passed by congress prohibiting discrimination to people with disabilities in employment public services, public commendationstelecommunication, and -
Failure of Health Reform(1990's)
Happened the first two years of Clinton presidency. greatest political lost -
"Ethnic Cleansing"
Treatments used on certain ethnic groups during the conflict in Yugoslavia -
Nuclear Proliferation
Treaty that is used to prevent nuclear use and weapons -
West bank and the Gaza Strip
Palestine was divided and people were fleeing Gaza the capital to the west bank -
AIDS
Someone had died from immigration coming in by aids so stopping the the migration would end aids but it already spread -
Deficit Reduction Budget
George H.W Bush signed an act to make taxes higher -
Breaking uo the Soviet Union
The soviet president resigned letting a Russian president enter from an independent country -
Boris Yaltsin
New president after the collapse of the Soviet Union -
Persian Gulf War
Between Iraq and the United Nation led by the U.S after Iraqi invaded Kuwait -
Clarence Thomas
Replaced Thurgood Marshall in supreme court justice and was the opposite by being conservative -
NRA
An organization that advocates gun rights -
Bosnia and Kosovo
Part of Yugoslavia fighting to break away for independence -
Bill Clinton
Was the 42nd president of the U.S from 1993-2001 -
Brady Bill
Federal law saying handgun have to have a record of the purchase and background check on the buyer -
EU
Was made to make peace and stop bloody wars between it's neighboring countries. -
Newt Gingrich
First Republican speaker in the House in 40 years -
Start 1 and and 2
Between the U.S and Soviet Socialist Republican to reduce offensive arms -
"Don't ask, don't tell"
Policy on military for gays, bis, lesbians to serve made by Clinton -
NAFTA
An agreement for North America with Canada, U.S and Mexico for free trade -
Contact with America
Document signed by 54 republican in office and 9 senates -
Taliban
Sunni Islamic fundamentalist political movement in Afghanistan -
Oklahoma City Bombing
terrorist truck attack filled of explosives on the federal building -
WTO
World trade organization for large corporate -
Internet
The first internet was launched and used by 16 million -
Ross Perot
Was a business leader and sold General Motors then ran for independent candidate for U.S president -
Bob Dole
Ran for president in the 1996 election and lost to Clinton for his second term -
Al Gore
George W. Bush campaign was against him for president -
Welfare Reform
Clinton signed nation welfare system into one that requires work time limited assistance -
Madeleine Albright
First women to be U.S secretary of State -
G-8
Highly industrial countries like France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, Japan, the United States, Canada, and Russia would met up for meetings about global issues -
Kyoto Accord
International treaty that extends the united nation 1996 frame work to reduce greenhouses and emissions -
Clinton Impeachment
House of reps. sent lLinton on trail for two charges, one of perjury and one of obstruction of justice. -
Bush v Gore
The supreme court had to make the decision in 1998 for presidency in florida -
George W. Bush
43rd president of the U.S and -
NO child left behind
Passed by congress to give extra money to education assistance to the poor -
Enron
Energy company scandal that collapsed effecting thousand by putting them in bankrupt -
9/11
Islamic terrorist attack that hit 4 different coordinates -
Al Qaeda
Terrorist group that hijacked the planes in 9/11 -
Osama Bin Laden
Leader of the Al Qaeda in the 9/11 attack -
Bush Tax Cuts
Change of tax codes passed by Bush -
Homeland Security
Cabinet in the federal government responsibilities to public security -
"Axis of Evil"
Bush repeated it throughout presidency that administrators were seeking weapons and sponsoring terrorism -
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Iraq war between the U.S for invading Iraq -
Abu Ghraib Prison
Prison in Iraq used during the war but closed in 2010 do to violation -
John Kerry
Served as secretary of state from 2012-2017. ran for president in 2004 -
Hurricane Katrina
One of the deadliest hurricanes that hit from central Florida to Texas along the coast of the Gulf -
Housing Bubble
Real estate bubble affecting housing causing them to increase -
WMD's
Weapons of destruction nuclear, radiological, chemical, biological or other weapon that bring harm -
Great Recession
Decline in economics based on world markets -
John McCain
Ran against Obama in the 2008 election and lost -
D.C v. Heller
Case that let's protects the rights of handheld weapon be possess -
Hillary Clinton
was the first lady , married to Bill Clinton but also ran for president, 67th secretary of state -
Barack Obama
44th president and first black president -
Sarah Palin
Governor of Alaska -
Sonia Sotomayor
First supreme court justice that is Hispanic -
Arab SPring
Arab revolution that as violent and non violent -
Dodd Fank Act
Regulation on the financial industrial in the hands of government -
Affordable Care Act
Obamacare -
Citizents United
case dealing with regulation of political campaign spending by organizations -
Debt Ceiling
U.S debt went ceiling to even more debt -
Syrain Civil War
ongoing multi sicced war in Syria -
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
They are privately owned, but receive support from the Federal Government, and assume some public responsibilities. -
Mitt Romney
Ran for president in the 2012 as a republican -
Boston Marathon Bombing
Terrorist attack by university student Tsarnaev in a marathon -
Shelby County v. Holder
constitutionality of two provisions of the voting rights act of 1965 -
Same Sex Marriage
A case made marring same sex legal in most states
