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Imposed limitations on affirmative action. Stated that affirmative action could lead to reverse discrimination and if that happened it was unfair. Confirmed that the use of rigid racial quotas was not ok.
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Marxist regime that took over Nicaragua. Fought with the US when they tried to release Nicaragua of the Communist.
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Religious movement where the goal was to influence government by taking every word of the bible literally.
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Political group made up of fundamentalist Christians.
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Defeated Jimmy Carter in the Election of 1980. 40th President of the United States
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Idea that if the wealthy gained even more wealth and their success would eventually benefit the middle and lower classes
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Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome- STD that had a huge outbreak; soon called the ´gay plague´ because of its prominence in gay men, but soon affected every walk of life. No cure.
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Passed by Reagan. Reduced individual taxes by 25%, one of the largest tax cuts in American history. Heavily supported ´Reaganomics´.
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Economic theory called ´Reaganomics´ that President Reagan introduced that encouraged tax cuts and limited government spending. Wanted to stimulate investing and economic growth.
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Reagan fired thousands of federal air traffic controllers who broke their contract by joining their Union, called PACTO.
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President Reagan nominated her for the Supreme Court. O´Connor became the first ever woman to serve on the court.
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Strategic Defense Initiative, project introduced by Reagan. Project develops missiles that can intercept and stop enemy missiles.
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An Arab suicide squad bombed the US embassy in Beirut killing over 60 people. Months later more Arab terrorists drove a bomb filled trucks into a marine base
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Palestine Liberation Organization. Violent radicals against Israel
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Democratic nomination to be President. Previously Jimmy Carter's vice president.
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First woman to run for vice president. Running mate of Mondale.
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Passed by Congress to stop any further aid to the contras (US backed rebels against the Sandinistas)
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Became new leader of the Soviet Union
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New reforms introduced by Gorbachev. Glasnost encouraged political freedom and Perestroika encouraged a free market.
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New Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; scaled back affirmative action when hiring and required minors to tell their parents before they had an abortion.
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Secret government project where America sold tanks and aircrafts to Iran military in exchange for American hostages
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Made hiring new illegal immigrants illegal, but granted amnesty to illegal immigrants who were in the country before the bill was passed.
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Famous line from Ronald Reagan's speech, addressed to Gorbachev to try and end the Cold War
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Gorbachev and Reagan met and agreed to destroy all of their intermediate range missiles
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Leader of PLO; recognized Israel's right to exist
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Republican nominee for the Presidential Election of 1988, was vice president to Reagan.
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Pro Democracy students demonstrated their want for freedom in Beijing's TIananmen Square. The Chinese Communist government sent in tanks to stop it and killed hundreds
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Was elected in Poland from the Solidarity movement. Started with the fall of Communism in Poland
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President Bush ordered US troops to invade Panama to remove the autocratic General Manuel Noriega. Ordered the attack to stop Noriega from using Panama as a drug line to the US
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Berlin Wall was the unofficial symbol of Communism in Eastern Europe during the Cold War. It was torn down by angry protesters.
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Dictator of Iraq and threatened Western oil sources by invading Kuwait.
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Promise made by Bush that he broke when he passed a Congressional bill to increase taxes.
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Passed by Bush; forbid discrimination against people with mental and physical disability when hiring someone and public accommodation.
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Invented and changed the way of everyone in the world inexplicably. Came with economic boom.
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Multiple countries declared independence from the Soviet Union and it steadily dissolved.
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President of the Russian Republic. Joined with the nine now independent countries of the Soviet Union to form the Confederation of Independent States. Stopped Communism and instituted free democracy.
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Retaliation against Saddam Hussein
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Nominated by President Bush to the Supreme Court to replace Thurgood Marshall. Not supported by African-Americans because of his conservative views and he had multiple allegations of sexual harassment made against him. Senate accepted anyway.
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An agreement between US and Russia that said they would limit the number of nuclear warheads each side was allowed to have. Dropped with each Start.
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Won primaries and became Democratic Presidential nomination. First baby boomer to be nominated for President.
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Billionaire who ran as independent party for President. Won 20% of popular vote, highest vote for third party since 1912 with the Progressive Party.
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A gun control law named after a man that was shot and injured during the Reagan assassination attempt. Demanded a five day waiting period before purchasing a handgun.
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PLO and Israel came to an agreement and decided that the PLO could have control of the West Bank and Gaza Strip as long as the PLO recognized Israel as a country worth existing.
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Every health reform, mainly proposed by Hillary Clinton was shot down by the Republican partyq
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Compromise created by Clinton that allowed gay and lesbian troops to be in the military as long as they did not acknowledge their sexuality openly.
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North American Free Trade Agreement; created free trade agreement with Canada and Mexico
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National Rifle Association. Heavily opposed the Brady Bill
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Passed by Congress that cut billions from spending and billions in tax increases. Increased funding for education and job traing
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The World Trade Organization; international and established to supervise trade and settle disputes with trade between all nations
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Speaker of the House; led the Republicans when they were coming after Federal programs.
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Gingrich´s manifesto. Outlined their dislike of the federal programs and the way the government was spending money. Led to Republicans gaining main control of Congress
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Federal building in Oklahoma was bombed by militia movement radicals. Worst act of terrorism known to America until 9/11
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Bill passed that reduced welfare and forced recipients of welfare to find jobs.
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Republican that ran against Bill Clinton in the Election of 1996. Promised tax cuts if elected.
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First woman to serve as Secretary of State.
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An international organization that consisted of the 8 largest capitalist nations, included; US, Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, Canada, Russia. Had extensive control over international finances.
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Congress impeached President Clinton on the charges of Perjury and Obstruction of Justice. This all began with the affair he had with a White House Intern.
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The fact that more countries were gaining access to nuclear weapons and testing them.
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A Serbian dictator sent in armed forced to stop these countries from gaining independence
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Thousands of religious and racial minorities were killed in the former Yugoslav provinces by a Serbian dictator
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Son of President George H.W. Bush. Republican party nomination for the Election of 2000, ran against Al Gore.
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President Clinton's vice President. Nomination for the Democratic party during the election of 2000. Ran against George W. Bush
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Supreme Court of Florida recounted all votes but US Supreme Court overruled them. Court ruled that Florida's recount violated the 14th Amendment
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Terrorist flied 4 planes into the World Trade Center, Pentagon and Pennsylvania killing thousands. Biggest and most horrific terror attack in American history
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Terrorist organization that performed 9/11
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Leader of the Al-Qaeda. Orchestrated 9/11 and most wanted person ever by the US government
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The government that Bin Laden was being protected under. After refusing to give up Bin Laden the US government overthrew them.
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Created in response to 9/11 and included aspects of 20+ federal agencies. Included Coast Guard, Secret Service, Customs
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The European Union; a combined economy that included 15 nations in Europe majority of which now have the same currency, euro.
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Introduced nationwide testing and aimed to improve students academic performance and bridge the gap between economically privileged students and impoverished students.
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Large corporation that lied about their state earnings by utilizing accounting companies.
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The end of the technology boom convinced many investors to start moving into real-estate.
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Name given to Iraq, Iran, and North Korea by President Bush during his State of the Union Address, in a reference to terrorism.
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Weapons of Mass Destruction. Usually nuclear and biological weapons
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Bush pushed tax cuts for stock dividends, capital gains and married people. Benefitted the rich and increased national debt.
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US troops invaded Iraq to fight against Saddam Hussein. Saddam and many other Iraqi leaders were captured.
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A prison in Iraq that was taken over by US troops. Photos were leaked and the barbaric treatment of prisoners by US soldiers appalled the American people.
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Vietnam War veteran who ran for President in 2004 and lost.
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Extreme natural disaster that destroyed majority of New Orleans. Caused Americans to criticize Bush for its lack of response and aid.
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Agreement to try and prevent Global Warming. US walked out of the negotiations for it.
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Home investments flopped due to millions of home foreclosures throughout the country. ´Real estate bubble´ burst.
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Financial institutions that were taken over by the federal government.
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Supposed to be the Democratic nomination for the Election of 2008, but was beaten out by Barack Obama
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Democratic nominee for the Presidential Election of 2008. First ever African-American President of America
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Republican nominee for the Presidential Election of 2008. Lost to Obama.
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Running mate to John McCain. Second women on the Presidential ticket to be vice president
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A court case that brought up the 2nd amendment and how an individual had the right to bear arms even if not connected in any way to law enforcement.
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Associate Justice of the Supreme Court that was nominated by President Obama. First Associate Justice of Hispanic descent
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Used to reduce risk and increase the clearness of the financial market within the United States
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Expanded Medicaid. Demanded majority of employers provide health care, have insurance. AKA Obamacare
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Conservative political movement that went against Obama's economic and health care policies
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A limit placed on the federal government about how much money they were allowed to borrow.
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Violent and non-violent protests in the Middle East and Northern Africa
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Dealt with regulating campaign spending.
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Came from the Iraq War. Rebels fighting against their oppressor Bashar al-Assad
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Republican nominee for President in the Election of 2012
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A series of bombs were set off at this large marathon. 3 were killed and hundreds more injured.
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A Supreme Court case that questioned whether parts of the Voting Rights Act were constitutional
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A Supreme Court Case decided that same sex marriage is legal and constitutional.
