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NRA
The NRA regulated the Brady Bill. It's mission is to inform people about gun control, they are strong believers in the "right to bare arms" -
The EU
The EU has developed an internal single market through a standardised system of laws that apply in all member states. EU policies aim to ensure the free movement of people, goods, services, and capital within the internal market. It began with the Treaty of Rome. -
PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization)
Their goal was the "liberation of Palestine" through armed struggle, with most of the violence aimed at Israeli civilians. -
Yasser Arafat
He was the former Chairman of the PLO and wanted peace. -
William Rehnquist
He was the eighth longest serving Justice on the Supreme Court.
He was first appointed by Richard Nixon -
Walter Mondale
He was the 42nd Vice President and VP to Jimmy Carter. Like Carter he only served one term and lost the reelection in 1980 to Ronald Reagan -
California v. Bakke
It was a Supreme Court case that allowed race to be one of several factors in college admission policy -
Moral Majority
It was a political action group that wanted to further a conservative and religious agenda, including the allowance of prayer in schools and strict laws against abortion -
Saddam Hussein
He was the former President of Iraq and he was executed after being accused of crimes against Iraq. -
Newt Gingrich
He was a former speaker of the House of Representatives. He is credited for creating the agenda for the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 -
Sandinistas
A member of a Nicaraguan political organization, the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) -
Religious Fundamentalism
It is the belief of an individual or a group having absolute authority of a sacred religious text. -
Lech Walesa
He was the former President of Poland and he helped found Solidarity (the Soviet's first independent trade Union -
PACTO Strike
The Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization went on a strike and was later found Illegal by the Reagan Administration -
Sandra Day O'Connor
She was the first female to serve as a Supreme Court Justice -
AIDS
The first cases were in '81. Some believed that AIDS was "God's Punishment for the Gays" -
Ronald Reagan
Reagan was the 40th President of the United States and was elected in the Election of 1980. -
Supply-Side Economics
It is a theory that economic growth can be created by lowering taxes and decreasing regulation. It was also called "Reaganomics" -
Trickle-Down Economics
It advocates reducing taxes on businesses and the wealthy in society as a means to stimulate business investment in the short term and benefit society at large in the long term. -
Economic Recovery Tax Act
Also called the Kemp–Roth Tax Cut, this act encouraged economic growth through reductions in individual income tax rates, incentives for small businesses and incentives for savings. -
Boland Amendment
A term for three amendments aimed at limiting U.S. government assistance to the Contras in Nicaragua. -
SDI (Strategic Defense Initiative)
It was a proposed missile defense system that intended to protect the United States from attack by nuclear weapons. -
Beirut Bombings
The Beirut barracks were attacked in Beirut, Lebanon, during the Lebanese Civil War. -
Geraldine Ferraro
She was the first Female Vice President Candidate of the US (Presidential Candidate was Walter Mondale) -
Glasnost & Perestroika
The Perestroika was political movement within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Glasnost: government transparency and increased freedom of expression.) -
Nuclear Proliferation
The spread of nuclear weapons, fissionable material, and weapons-applicable nuclear technology -
Iran-Contra Affair
The scandal began as a way to save the US hostages from the Iran Hostage Crisis. The US hoped to fund Contras in Nicaragua (Also called Irangate) -
Mikhail Gorbachev
He seized power after the Cold War and was the last President of the USSR. -
Immigration Act of 1986
The purpose of this legislation was to amend, revise, and reform the status of unauthorized immigrants -
"Tear down the wall" Speech
It was a speech that Reagan gave in Berlin, Germany. It helped influence the take down of the Berlin Wall. -
INF Agreement
It was a Treaty Between the USA and the USSR on the elimination of their shorter-range missiles -
Al-Qaeda
It is a militant Sunni Islamist organization founded by Osama bin Laden, Abdullah Azzam, and several other Arab volunteers who fought against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan -
"Read My Lips, No New Taxes"
This was a quote said at the Republican National Convention by Presidential candidate George H.W. Bush -
West Bank and the Gaza Strip
This strip of land is occupied or otherwise under the control of Israel -
George H.W. Bush
He was the 41st President. During his term, the Berlin wall came down and the Soviet Union collapsed. -
Tiananmen Square
The protests led to Chinese police shooting civilians. The death toll estimate ranged from hundreds to thousands. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
A spokesman for East Berlin’s Communist Party announced a change in his city’s relations with the West and later that night, citizens flooded the checkpoints. -
Panama Invasion
The US invasion (Also known as Operation Just Cause) was an order sent out by President H.W Bush to arrest the leader of Panama. -
Breakup of the Soviet Union
It dissolved into 15 independent republics. By the time Gorbachev came into power, the Soviet Union was already in shambles, just under a visage. -
Persian Gulf War
Also called Operation Desert Shield, The Persian Gulf War was started when Saddam Hussien invaded Kuwait -
Americans with Disabilities Act
It is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on disability -
Internet
The global system of interconnected computer networks that use the Internet protocol to link devices worldwide. -
Boris Yeltsin
He was the first President of Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union -
Start I and II
Also known as the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, was a treaty between the US and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) on the reduction and limitation of strategic offensive arms. -
Clarence Thomas
He was appointed to replace the retiring Thurgood Marshall and had done many things to consider impeachent. -
Ross Perot
He ran as an independent presidential candidate in 1992 and 1996. In 1992, he won 19% of the popular vote. -
Bosnia and Kosovo
Formerly parts of Yugoslavia. They started "ethnic cleansing" -
"Ethnic Cleansing"
Definition: the mass expulsion or killing of members of an unwanted ethnic or religious group in a society. -
Bill Clinton
He was the 42nd President of the United States. He was one of the only presidents to be impeached. -
Failure of Health Reform (1990's)
The Clinton Health Care plan of 1993 was led by the first Lady (Hillary) and failed in Clinton's first two years in office. -
Brady Bill
It was a bill that requires a waiting period for gun purchases and background checks on those who wish to purchase firearms -
Al Gore
He was the Vice President under Bill Clinton -
Hillary Clinton
She was the First Lady when her husband, Bill, was president, and she ran for President in 2016 -
"Don't Ask, Don't Tell"
It was an American military policy the prohibited service of gays, bisexuals, and lesbians. It ended in 2011 under the Obama Administration. -
NAFTA
Also known as the North America Free Trade Agreement, it was an agreement between Canada, the US, and Mexico that reduced tariffs for trade between them -
Contract with America
It was a document released by the US Republican Party during the 1994 Congressional election campaign. -
Taliban
It is a fundamentalist political movement in Afghanistan that is waging war within the country. -
Oklahoma City Bombing
It was domestic terrorist truck bombing on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City, -
WTO
The World Trade Organization is a governmental organization that regulates international trade. -
Welfare Reform
The plan that changed the nation's welfare system into one that requires work in exchange for time-limited assistance -
Bob Dole
He ran for President against Bill Clinton. -
Madeleine Albright
She was the first woman to serve as secretary of state, and served under Bill Clinton. -
G-8
Due to Russia's exclusion, was an inter-governmental political forum from 1997 until 2014, with the participation of the major industrialized countries in the world, that viewed themselves as democracies. -
Deficit Reduction Budget
It talks about taxation, spending, and economic policy debates and proposals designed to reduce the Federal budget deficit. -
Clinton Impeachment
Due to the Monica Lewinsky scandal, among others, Bill Clinton was impeached from office -
Bush v. Gore
It was a court case between Al Gore and George W. Bush for the electoral count in Florida. -
George W. Bush
He was the president of the US from 2001 to 2009, he dealt with the 9/11 attacks and the war in Iraq, -
9/11
Terrorists flew planes into and attacked the World Trade Center (New York), The Pentagon (D.C) and a field in Pennsylvania. -
Bush Tax Cuts
It refers to changes to the United States tax code passed -
No Child Left Behind
It is a federal law that provides money for extra educational assistance for poor children in return for improvements in their academic progress -
Homeland Security
It was formed after the 9/11 attacks. -
"Axis of Evil"
The phrase was first used by George W. Bush. It is used to describe foreign governments that sponsored terrorism and sought weapons of mass destruction. -
Abu Ghraib Prison
The site was used for detention purposes by both the U.S.-led coalition occupying Iraq and the Iraqi government and they often used torture methods. -
Operation Iraqi Freedom
President Bush authorized the mission to rid Iraq of dictator Saddam Hussein and eliminate Hussein’s ability to develop WMD's. -
WMD's
A weapon of mass destruction is a nuclear weapon that can kill and bring significant harm to a large number of humans -
Hurricane Katrina
It was a Category 5 hurricane that caused catastrophic damage along the Gulf coast from central Florida to Texas, much of it due to the storm surge and levee failure -
Kyoto Accord
It is an international treaty that commits state parties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (based on that global warming is occurring and it is likely that CO2 emissions have caused it). -
Enron Scandal
Enron's complex financial statements were confusing to shareholders and analysts. Its complex business model and unethical practices required that the company use accounting limitations to misrepresent earnings and modify the balance sheet to indicate favorable performance. -
Housing Bubble
The United States housing bubble was a real estate bubble affecting over half of the U.S. states. Housing prices peaked in early 2006, started to decline in 2006 and 2007, and reached new lows in 2012 -
Great Recession
It was the worst global recession since the Great Depression. Unlike the Great Depression, this was global -
Sarah Palin
She ran with John McCain for the 2008 presidential election -
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
The federal takeover was placing into government-sponsored enterprises by the U.S. Treasury. It was one of the financial events among many in the ongoing subprime mortgage crisis. -
D.C. v. Heller
The case held that the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia for traditionally lawful purposes. -
Barack Obama
He was the first African-American President, repealed the "Don't Ask Don't Tell" rule for the military, -
John McCain
He ran against Barack Obama in 2009 for the Presidency -
Sonia Sotomayor
She is th first justice of Hispanic descent and the first Latina. -
Tea Party
A conservative political movement mobilized in opposition to Barack Obama's fiscal, economic, and heath care policies. -
Affordable Care Act
It was the U.S. healthcare system's most significant overhaul and expansion of coverage since the passage of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965 (nicknamed Obamacare). -
Arab Spring
Was a revolution of both violent and non-violent demonstrations, protests, riots, coups, foreign interventions, and civil wars -
Citizens United
It was a court case dealing with regulation of political campaign spending by organizations. -
Dodd-Frank Act
It brought changes to financial regulation in the US. It made changes in the American financial environment that affected all financial regulatory agencies. -
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. -
Syrian Civil War
It is an ongoing armed conflict in Syria fought primarily between the Syrian Arab Republic led by President Bashar al-Assad and various forces opposing both the government and each other in varying combinations. -
Mitt Romney
He was the Republican presidential candidate who ran against Barack Obama when he ran for reelection -
Same-Sex Marriage
Same-Sex Marriage is the right to marry the person you love, no matter the gender. The law was publicly recognized by Barack Obama. -
John Kerry
He is an American politician who served as a US Secretary of State from 2013 to 2017. He previously represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1985 to 2013. -
Debt Ceiling
Definition: an upper limit set on the amount of money that a government may borrow. -
Boston Marathon Bombing
The bomb was placed near the finish line, killing three people (2 bombs, 12 seconds apart) -
Shelby County v. Holder
It argued the constitutionality requires certain states and local governments to obtain federal clearance before implementing any changes to their voting laws or practices
