Unit 9

By Lander23

  • Religious Right

    • the fundamentalist phenomenon in US politics

  • HIV/AIDS

    • fatal disorder of immuse system caused by human immunodeficienct virus

  • Tiananmen Square

    • location of huge demonstration fro democratic rights
    • it was put down by Chinese government

  • Operation Desert Storm

    • code name for the US operation
    • the operation was to liberate Kuwait from Iraq during the Persian Gulf War

  • Persian Gulf War

    • Iraq attacked Kuwait
    • US stopped Kuwait from being taken over

  • Proposition 209

    • amendment to the cali state constitution that banned affirmative action

  • Hurricane Katrina

    • natural disaster in gulf coast
    • there was slow response and aid to New Orleans