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Religious Fundamentalism
The belief of an individual or a group of individuals -
NRA
Schechter v. U.S. declared the NRA unconstitutional -
WMD's
Weapons of mass destrucuion -
Abu Ghraib Prison
A complex prison system that was developed in the 1950s -
PLO
Created for making homes for Palestinians in Israel -
Nuclear Proliferation
Spread of Nuclear weapons -
California v. Bakke
Upheld affirmative action as a factor for college aceptance -
Moral Majority
An American political party that was associated with the republican party and the Christian right -
Saddam Hussein
Was the president of Iraq -
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan won the 1980 election with a huge popular vote -
Supply-Side Economics
The economic theory of "Reaganomics" -
Glasnost & Perestroika
Initiated a political movement in the Soviet Union In the 1980's -
Trickle-Down Economics
AN economic theory that prioritizes in reducing taxes on business -
Economic Recovery Tax Act
Lowered income tax rates -
PACTO Strike
PACTO Operated from 1968 until it was disbanded in 1981 -
Sandra Day O'Connor
First Woman to the Supreme Court -
Walter Mondale
Vice president of Carter -
Brady Bill
Enforced waiting periods and background checks for anyone buying weapons -
AIDS
Intervenes with the body's ability to fight infections -
Boland Amendment
A term used to describe U.S. legislative amendments between 1982 and 1984 -
SDI
A highly technological missile system that Reagan wanted to pursue -
Beirut Bombings
Acts of terrorism that occurred during the Lebanese war -
Geraldine Ferraro
First Woman to appear on a major presidential ticket -
Iran-Contra affair
A political scandal that occurred for two years under Reagan's second term -
Mikhail Gorbachev
Former General Secretary of the communist Soviet Union -
Enron
American energy company -
John Kerry
United States Secretary of State -
William Rehnquist
Associate justice of the supreme court and 16th chief justice -
Immigration act of 1986
Penalized people employing illegal immigrants -
"Tear down this wall"
President Reagan demanding that the Berlin wall be taken down -
INF Agreement
Limitation of Missiles agreement between the U.S. and the Soviet Union -
John McCain
Unites States Senator -
"Read my lips, no new taxes"
This phrase was said my George Bush, but the funny thing is that he signed a new tax bill when he was in office -
Al-Qaeda
Sunni Islamic military group -
George H.W. Bush
Bush became the 41st president of the United States in 1989 -
Tiananmen Square
Student-led protests in China -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
The wall was taken down during a thaw in the cold war -
Panama Invasion
The U.S. invaded Panama to overthrow the military dictator Manual Noriega -
Sandinistas
Lost the national elections in 1990 -
Lech Walesa
A Polish politician, became president in 1990 -
Breakup of the Soviet Union
The breakup of the Soviet Union led to the end of the cold war -
Persian Gulf War
The U.S. fought this war in order to protect Saudi Arabia -
Americans with Disabilities Act
A civil rights law that bans discrimination based on disability -
"Ethnic Cleansing"
Forced removal of religious or ethnic groups -
Internet
a composed "network of networks" -
Boris Yeltsin
First President of Russia after the Soviet Union broke apart -
Start I and II
Sign by the U.S. and the Soviet Union, it reduced and limited strategic offensive arms -
Clarence Thomas
Associate justice of the Supreme Court -
Kyoto Accord
Extends the UNFCCC -
Ross Perot
Ran on an independent ticket in the 1992 -
Yasser Arafat
Chair man of the PLO -
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton became the 42nd president of the United States in 1993 -
Deficit Reduction Budget
Shrunk the federal deficit the the lowest it has ever been -
West Bank and the Gaza Strip
Where the Oslo agreements took place -
EU
Economic and Political union consisting of European countries -
Al Gore
American politician and 45th vice president -
Failure of Health Reform
The health care reformed because there were not enough Democratic senators behind the proposal -
"Don't ask, don't tell"
U.S. policy on the military under the Clinton administration -
Contract With America
Republicans gained 54 house and 9 senate seats -
NAFTA
The North American Free Trade Agreement signed the U.S., Canada, and Mexico -
Taliban
Sunni Islamic fundamentalist political movement -
Newt Gingrich
Promoted "Contact With America" -
Oklahoma City Bombing
Domestic terrorism in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma -
Bosnia and Kosovo
Ethnic Cleansing that took place during the Balkan Wars -
WTO
the world trade organization is an international organization that regulates trade -
Welfare Reform
Helped individuals with government assistance -
Bob Dole
Was the other presidential nominee until he lost to Clinton -
Madeleine Albright
First woman to become the U.S. Secretary of State -
G-8
An international organization composed of major industrial countries -
Clinton Impeachment
The Impeachment was initiated by the House Of Representative in the winter of 1998 -
Bush v. Gore
Supreme court decision regarding the recount of the 2000 election -
Hillary Clinton
Health care advocate, earned a senate seat in 2000 -
George W. Bush
43rd president of the United States -
Bush Tax Cuts
The United States tax code under the Bush administration -
9/11
Terrorist attacks by the terrorism group al-Queda -
No Child left Behind
Provides extra assistance for poor children in elementary school -
"Axis of Evil"
Used by George W Bush in his state union address in 2002 -
Homeland Security
Government organization with responsibilities in Public Security -
Operation Iraqi Freedom
The Iraq war in which the U.S. wanted to overthrow Suddam Hussein -
Hurricane Katrina
Category 5 storm that caused major damage along the gulf coast -
Sarah Palin
Former Govenor of Alaska -
Housing Bubble
The United States Housing Bubble reached it peak in 2006 in therms of house prices -
Great Recession
Period of general economic decline -
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
Privately owned government-sponsored enterprises -
Barack Obama
44th President of the United States of America -
D.C. v Heller
Land mark case in which the supreme court app held the second amendment -
Tea Party
American conservative movement in the republican party -
Sonia Sotomayor
Associate justice of the supreme court -
Dodd-Frank Act
Places major regulations on the financial industry -
Affordable Care Act
Medical help plan -
Arab Spring
Violent and non-violent Arab revolutions -
Citizens United
Landmark U.S. constitutional law -
Osama bin Laden
Founder of Al-Qaeda, which committed many acts of terrorism -
Syrian Civil War
Ongoing conflict in Syria, started in 2011 -
Mitt Romney
Republican party's nominee for the 2012 election -
Debt Ceiling
A set limit of money the government can borrow -
Boston Marathon Bombing
Islamic Terrorism at the Boston Marathon in 2013 -
Shelby Country
Regarded the voting rights act of 1965 -
Same Sex Marrage
Allowed two people of the same sex to get married
