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Sierra Club
"The Sierra Club is one of the oldest, largest, and most influential grassroots environmental organizations in the United States." It's an advocacy organization that favors legislation with the goal to protect the environment. -
George H. W. Bush
Geor H. W. Bush was the 41st president of the United States. His son, George W. Bush was the 43rd president. -
Donald Rumsfeld
Donald Henry Rumsfeld is an American politician and businessman. He served as the 13th Secretary of Defense from under President Ford and as the 21st Secretary of Defense under President George W. Bush. -
Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein was the fifth president of Iraq. He served from 1979 to 2003. -
George W. Bush
George Walker Bush is an American politician and businessman who was the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009. -
Bill Clinton
Formally known as William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton, he is an American "politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001." He is the third-youngest president, inaugurated at the age 46. -
Hilary Clinton
HIlary Clinton has served as the first lady of the United States, Senator of the State of New York and U.S. Secretary of State. -
Sonya Sotomayor
Sonia Sotomayor was the first Hispanic to serve on the Supreme Court. She has served since 2009. -
Greenpeace
"Greenpeace is a non-governmental environmental organization that focuses on world wide issues such as "global warming, deforestation, overfishing, commercial whaling, genetic engineering, and anti-nuclear issues." It is an advocacy organization that favors legislation with the goal of protecting the environment. -
Collapse of the Soviet Union
The collapse of the Soviet Union happened in 1991. "The Soviet Union disintegrated into fifteen separate countries. Its collapse was hailed by the west as a victory for freedom, a triumph of democracy over totalitarianism, and evidence of the superiority of capitalism over socialism."(coldwar.org) -
WTO
The World Trade Organization was the avenue in which the U.S. attempted to reduce trade barriers through international organizations to increase flow of U.S. commerce. -
Kyoto Protocol
The Kyoto Protocol was rejected by U.S. senators due to the fact that it could undermine the U.S. governments authority. -
9-11
The 2001 terrorist attacks focused the U.S. foreign policy in the 21st century to that of combating terorism. It affected everyone so greatly and even after 12 years, remains on of the most shocking events to happen in the United States. -
USA Patriot Act
The USA Patriot Act was opposed by saw lawmakers because they felt it would lead to violations of the constitutional rights of citizens. -
International Criminal Court
The International Criminal Court was view as good by the U.S. and gained creditability because of the fact that it followed the same rules as other countries. Yet, it was also viewed as bad because soldiers and officials of the U.S. being charged with war crimes in a court that did not follow with the U.S. legal system. -
Hurricane Katrina
The failure of levees to hold, the inability of some residents to evacuate, and the city of New Orleans being below sea level contributed to the amount of damage Hurricane Katrina caused. -
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
The ARRA was intended to improve economic conditions during a recession. It was used to save and create jobs almost immediately. -
Osama bin Laden
Osama bin Laden is the founder of al-Qaeda, which is claimed to be responsible for the September 11 attacks."He was a member of the wealthy Saudi bin Laden family, and an ethnic Yemeni Kindite." -
Third Party Candidates
Third Party Candidates can sometimes spoil an election by causing a mainline party candidate to lose by taking away votes.
