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Palestine Liberation Organization, purpose is liberation of Palestine through armed struggle and violence aimed at Israeli civilians
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Palestinian political leader
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Served as the 42nd vice president of the U.S
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Allowed race to be one of the several factors in college admission policy
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Prominent American political organization associated with the Christian right and the Republican party
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Former president of Iraq, member of revolutionary Arab Socialist Ba'ath party
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Members of the Sandinista National Liberation Front in Nicaragua
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Theory that argues that economic growth can be most effectively created by lowering taxes and decreasing regulation
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Economic theory that advocates reducing taxes on businesses and the wealthy
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Belief of an individual or a group of individuals in the absolute authority of a sacred religious texts
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AIDS epidemic
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Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization strike was declared illegal and broken by Reagan administration
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40th president of the United States
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Encourage economic growth through through reductions in individual income tax rates,
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Associate Justice of the Supreme Court from 1981 to 2006, appointed by the Reagan administration
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Term describing three U.S legislative amendments, all aimed at limiting U.S assistance to the Contras in Nicaragua
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Retired polish politician and labor activist, co-founded and headed Solidarity, Soviet bloc's first independent trade union
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The internet was invented by Robert E. Kahn and Vint Cerf
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Acts of terrorism that occurred during the Lebanese Civil War
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American attorney and Democratic Party politician who served in the U.S House of Representatives, first female vice presidential running mate for a major political party
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Proposed missile defense system intended to protect the U.S from attack by ballistic strategic nuclear weapons
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Served as Republican leader of the United States Senate
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American energies, commodities, and services company in Houston, Texas
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68th U.S Secretary of State,represented Massachusetts in the U.S Senate
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Political scandal that occurred during the Reagan administration
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Lawyer and jurist who served on the Supreme Court, then as the 16th chief justice of the U.S
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Criminalized the act of engaging in "pattern or practice" of knowingly hiring an "unauthorized alien"and established consequences for hiring illegal immigrants
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Speech by Ronald Reagan on tearing down the Berlin Wall
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Treaty between the U.S and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on elimination of intermediate-range and short-range missiles
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Political movement for reformation within the Communist party of the Soviet Union
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Phrase spoken by presidential candidate George H.W Bush, which ultimately ended up being a lie
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Militant Sunni multi-national organization founded by Osama Bin Laden
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Founder of Al-Qaeda, responsible for organization of 9/11
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Eighth and last leader of the Soviet Union
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41st president of the U.S
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Student-led demonstrations in Beijing, China
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As the Cold War thawed out, Berlin Wall was taken down
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Attempt to overthrow military dictatorship
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Granted self-governing independence to republics of the soviet union
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Build up of troops and defense of Saudi Arabia
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Civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on disability
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Soviet and Russian politician and the first president of the Russian Federation
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Bilateral treaty between the U.S and the USSR on the reduction and limitation of strategic offensive arms
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American judge, lawyer, and government official, currently serves as the Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, appointed by George H.W Bush as the first African American to serve on the court
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American non profit organization that advocated for gun rights
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American business magnate and former politician, founder of Electronic Data Systems, ran for president
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Mass killing of members of an unwanted ethnic or religious group in society (Bosnia)
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International treaty that commits parties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
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42nd president of the U.S
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Clinton healthcare plan failed
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Taxation, spending, and economic policy debates and proposals designed to reduce the Federal budget deficit
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Federal law that requires a waiting period for handgun purchase and background checks on those who wish to purchase hand guns
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Spread of nuclear weapons, fissionable material, and weapons-applicable nuclear technology and information to nations not recognized as "Nuclear Weapons States" by the Treaty of Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
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European Union, political and economic union of 28 member states that are located primarily in Europe
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45th vice president of the U.S
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American politician, former diplomat, first lady of the U.S to president Bill Clinton
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Official U.S policy on military service by gays, bisexuals, and lesbians, instituted by the Clinton administration
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North American Free Trade Agreement, trilateral trade bloc including Canada, Mexico, and the U.S
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Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Sunni Islamic fundamentalist political movement in Afghanistan
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American politician and author, 50th speaker of the U.S House of Representatives
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Domestic truck bombing on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City
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World Trade Organization, intergovernmental organization that regulates international trade
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The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, made to dramatically change the nation's welfare system into one that requires work in exchange for time-limited assistance
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Document released by the Republican party during 1994 congressional election campaign
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First woman to have become the U.S Secretary of Sate, served under Bill Clinton
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Group Eight, inter-governmental political forum
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Initiated by the House of Representatives and led to a trial in the Senate for Impeachment of Bill Clinton
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Kosovo War and Bosnian War
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Palestinian territories under the control of Israeli forces
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Decision of the U.S Supreme Court that settled a recount dispute in Florida's 2000 presidential election
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43rd president of the U.S
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Changes to the U.S tax code passed under Bush and extended under the presidency of Obama through Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act
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Series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al-qaeda on the U.S
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Authorizes several federal education programs that are administered by the states
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Cabinet department of the U.S federal government with responsibilities in public security
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Described governments that Bush's administration accused of sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction
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Weapon of mass destruction, a nuclear, radio-logical, chemical, biological, or other weapon that can kill and bring significant harm to a large number of humans or cause great damage
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A protracted military conflict in Iraq that began with an attack by a coalition of forces led by the U.S and resulted in the overthrow of Saddam Hussein's regime
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Prison complex in a city in Iraq, personnel of the U.S committed a series of human rights violations to prisoners
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Extremely destructive and deadly category 5 hurricane that caused damage along the Gulf coast from Florida to Texas
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Real estate bubble affecting over half of the U.S states, housing prices dropped
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Ninth governor of Alaska, American politician
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Period of general economic decline observed in world markets
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Government sponsored enterprises, privately owned but receive support from the federal government
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Republican nominee for president of the U.S in the election of 2008
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An upper limit set on the amount of money a government can borrow
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Protected individuals' right to possess firearms unconnected with service in a militia for traditionally lawful purposes such as self defense in the home
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44th president of the U.S
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American conservative movement within the republican party
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Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, first justice of Hispanic descent
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Places major regulation on the financial industry
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Supports innovative medical care delivery methods designed to lower the cost of health care generally
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Revolutionary wave of both violent and non-violent demonstrations, riots, etc.
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Decided that political spending is a form of protected speech under the first amendment
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Multi-sided armed conflict in Syria
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Republican party's nominee for presidential election, 70th governor of Massachusetts
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Two bombs detonated at the finish of the annual Boston Marathon, killing three people and injuring hundreds
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Struck down provisions on to the pre clearance of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, declaring it unconstitutional
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U.S Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage in all states
