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was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th President of the United States from 1981 to 1989
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Palestine Liberation Organization- created in 1964
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Court ruled unconstitutional a university's use of racial "quotas" in its admissions process, but held that affirmative action programs could be constitutional in some circumstances
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political action group formed to further a conservative and religious agenda, including the allowance of prayer in schools and strict laws against abortion
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Nicaraguan Revolution-ended in 1990
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The Laffer Curve is a theory developed by supply-side economist Arthur Laffer to show the relationship between tax rates and the amount of tax revenue collected by governments.
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also referred to as trickle-down theory, is an economic theory that 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.
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Christian fundamentalism, movement in American Protestantism arose in reaction to theological modernism (anti-evolution)
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a disease in which there is a severe loss of the body's cellular immunity, greatly lowering the resistance to infection and malignancy
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First woman to serve on supreme court
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was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th President of the United States from 1981 to 1989.
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law that lowered income tax rates and allowed for expending of deppreciable assets
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Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization- strike the that was declared illegal but broken by Reagan Administration
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Following his capture on 13 December 2003, the trial of Saddam took place under the Iraqi Interim Government, then was convicted by an Iraqi court of crimes against humanity and sentenced to death by hanging because of the killings in 1982
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Strategic Defense Initiative- develop a sophisticated anti-ballistic missile system in order to prevent missile attacks from other countries, specifically the Soviet Union
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Lawyer activist, women's rights activist, democratic,
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term describing three U.S. legislative amendments between 1982 and 1984, all aimed at limiting U.S. government assistance to the Contras in Nicaragua
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Perestroika (listen) is a political movement for reformation in Communist Party of Soviet Union, widely associated with Gorbachev and his glasnost (openness) policy reform
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The U.S. illegally sells weapons to anti-communists in Iran so the will fight communism for us
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American former politician and attorney who represented Kansas in Congress from 1961 and served as the Republican Leader of the United States Senate until 1996
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appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court by President Richard Nixon in 1971. He was elevated to the post of chief justice by President Ronald Reagan
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law criminalized the act of engaging in a "pattern or practice" of knowingly hiring an "unauthorized alien" and established financial and other penalties for those employing illegal immigrants under the theory that low prospects for employment would reduce undocumented immigration
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Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty: required the U.S. and Soviet Union to eliminate and permanently forswear all of their nuclear weapons and missiles
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Line from a speech made by Reagan in West Berlin calling for Gorbachev to open up the barrier (Berlin Wall) which had divided West and East Berlin
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Unites States Senator
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phrase spoken by then-American presidential candidate George H. W. Bush at the 1988 Republican National Convention as he accepted the nomination-promising no new taxes
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The U.S invades Panama in an attempt to overthrow military dictator Manuel Noriega, who had been indicted in the U.S. on drug trafficking charges and was accused of suppressing democracy in Panama and endangering U.S. nationals
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Key focus is foreign policy, promised no new taxes, helped end Operation Desert Storm, Operation Just Cause, Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty
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located in the center of Beijing, the capital of China, Chinese troops entered fired on civilians
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spokesman for East Berlin's Communist Party announced a change in his city's relations with the West. Starting at midnight that day, he said, citizens of the GDR were free to cross the country's borders
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Serb attacks, initially sponsored by the Yugoslav National Army, began as a war between nation states. Kosovo, on the other hand, is a province of Serbia, which together with Montenegro makes up the new Yugoslavia
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Civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in all areas of public life,
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first executive president of the Soviet Union
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Polish politician and labor activist, co-founded Solidarity (Soviet bloc's first independent trade union), won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983, and served as President of Poland
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an international conflict that was triggered by Iraq's invasion of Kuwait; Egypt and other Arab nations joined the anti-Iraq coalition and contributed forces to the military buildup (AKA: Operation Desert Shieldnded) endingin 1991
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National Rifle Association- to promote and encourage rifle shooting on a scientific basis
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spread of nuclear weapons, fissionable material, and weapons-applicable nuclear technology and information to nations not recognized as "Nuclear Weapon States" by the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, commonly known as the Non-Proliferation Treaty
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systematic forced removal of ethnic or racial groups from a given territory by a more powerful ethnic group, often with the intent of making it ethnically homogeneous
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Palestinian Territories-the southern limit of the Gaza Strip is the border with Egypt. Egypt renounced all claims to land north of the international border, including the Gaza Strip, in the Israel-Egypt peace treaty
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Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a Sunni Islamic fundamentalist political movement in Afghanistan currently waging war within that country
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a composed "network of networks"
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Soviet and Russian politician and the first President of the Russian Federation
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The dissolution of the Soviet Union occurred on December 26, 1991, officially granting self-governing independence to the Republics of the Soviet Union. It was a result of the declaration number 142-Н of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
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START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) was a bilateral treaty between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) on the reduction and limitation of strategic offensive arms
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In 1992, Perot ran as an independent candidate for the U.S. presidency, winning nearly 19 percent of the popular vote
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European Union- Maastricht Treaty (formally known as the Treaty on European Union)
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241 US service personnel are killed by a truck bomb at a Marine compound in Beirut, Lebanon
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Bill Clinton is known for being president during one of the longest periods of peace and economic expansion in American history
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North American Free Trade Agreement-negotiated among the US, Canada and Mexico for the purpose of removing barriers to the exchange of goods and services among the three countries
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a provision of US federal law that requires a waiting period for handgun purchases and background checks on those who wish to purchase handguns
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President Clinton proposed a health care security plan but failed
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American politician and environmentalist who served as the Vice President of the US
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American politician, former diplomat, and First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001
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chairman of the PLO and was at the forefront of years of violence, border disputes and the Palestinian liberation movement, all centering on neighboring Israel
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policy restricting US military personnel from efforts to discriminate closeted homosexual or bisexual service members or applicants, while barring those who are openly gay, lesbian, or bisexual from military service
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document released by the United States Republican Party during the Congressional election campaign
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intergovernmental organization that regulates international trade
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domestic terrorist truck bombing on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City
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American politician and author and ultimately serving as 50th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
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Signed by Clinton, a comprehensive bipartisan welfare reform plan that will dramatically change the nation's welfare system into one that requires work in exchange for time-limited assistance
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Group of Eight- inter-governmental political forum from with the participation of the major industrialized countries in the world, that viewed themselves as democracies.
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American politician and diplomat- the first woman to have become the United States Secretary of State, served under President Bill Clinton
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international treaty which extends the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change that commits state parties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
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US refers to taxation, spending, and economic policy debates and proposals designed to reduce the Federal budget deficit
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initiated by the House of Representatives and led to a trial in the Senate for the impeachment of Bill Clinton
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decision of the United States Supreme Court that settled a recount dispute in Florida's 2000 presidential election
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Enron Corporation was an American energy, commodities, and services company based in Houston, Texas
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changes to the United States tax code passed originally during the presidency of Bush and extended during the presidency of Barack Obama
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President who led the US response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks and initiated the Iraq War. Before his presidency, Bush was a businessman and served as governor of Texas.
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series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda on the United States
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President Bush tapped Thomas to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, the first African American to serve on the court
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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
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founder of al-Qaeda, the organization responsible for the September 11 attacks
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federal law that provides money for extra educational assistance for poor children in return for improvements in their academic progress
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phrase used to describe governments that his administration accused of sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction
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The United States Department of Homeland Security is a cabinet department of the United States federal government with responsibilities in public security, roughly comparable to the interior or home ministries of other countries.
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Weapon of mass destruction- weapon of mass destruction is a nuclear, radiological, chemical, biological or other weapon that can kill and bring significant harm to a large pop. or cause great damage to structures
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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
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personnel of the United States Army and the Central Intelligence Agency committed a series of human rights violations against detainees in the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq
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extremely destructive and deadly 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
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Former Governor of Alaska
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period of general economic decline observed in world markets -the scale and timing of the recession varied from country to country
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real estate bubble affecting over half of the U.S. states. Housing prices peaked, and started to decline in 2006
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government-sponsored enterprises- they are privately owned, but receive support from the Federal Government, and assume some public responsibilities
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American politician who served as the 44th President of the United States
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Land mark case in which the supreme court app held the second amendment
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Associate justice of the supreme court
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American conservative movement in the republican party
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Places major regulations on the financial industry
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Medical help plan
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Violent and non-violent Arab revolutions
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Landmark U.S. constitutional law
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Ongoing conflict in Syria, started in 2011
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Republican party's nominee for the 2012 election
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American politician who served as the US Secretary of State -Democrat, previously represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate
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A set limit of money the government can borrow
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Islamic Terrorism at the Boston Marathon in 2013
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Regarded the voting rights act of 1965
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Allowed two people of the same sex to get married
