Term for George H.W. Bush's actions in fighting Saddam Hussein in 1990
What is Operation Desert Storm?
100
"Green Party" candidate who helped sway the 2000 election
Who is Ralph Nader?
100
Bush-Yeltsin treaties which further reduced US and Russian nuclear stockpiles
What is START I and II?
100
George W. Bush attempted to privatize this government welfare institution in legislation that failed to pass through Congress
What is Social Security?
200
Natural disaster which hurt George W. Bush's credibility due to his perceived lack of response
What is Hurricane Katrina?
200
Independent candidate who helped sway the 1992 election
Who is Ross Perot?
200
Bill Clinton's compromise policy which allowed gays to serve in the military, but not openly
What is "Don't Ask, Don't Tell?"
200
Controversial George W. Bush-era legislation designed to fix the education system
What is "No Child Left Behind?"
300
This financial shake-up or "crash" in the early George W. Bush years which was the result of over-speculation in a new market
What is the dot-com bust?
300
Leader of Republicans in Congress who helped sweep his party back into power in the 1994 midterm
Who is Newt Gingrich?
300
Policy enacted by Clinton which erased all tariffs between Canada, Mexico, and the United States
What is NAFTA? (North American Free Trade Agreement)?
300
Controversial post-9/11 legislation which empowered the Federal Government to fight foreign and domestic terrorism at the expense of civil liberties
What is the PATRIOT Act?
400
A major conflict in these areas of the Balkans illustrated Clinton's difficulty in creating a clear post-Cold War foreign policy
What are Bosnia and Kosovo?
400
Top prosecutor in the Whitewater and Monica Lewinsky scandals
Who is Kenneth (Ken) Starr?
400
Term which criticized George W. Bush's policy of "policing" the world for freedom and democracy which responded to the 9/11 attacks and led to intervention in Iraq
What is unilateralism?
400
First Supreme Court decision to end a presidential election
What is Bush v Gore?
500
A 1989 crackdown in this area of Beijing led to China's human rights record being condemned by much of the west but little change within the country itself
What is Tienanmen Square?
500
First President of the Russian Federation who led a controversial and bloody war in Chechnya and used military action to settle a conflict with Russian parliament
Who is Boris Yeltsin?
500
New ten-point plan that Republicans in congressional races planned to implement to continue "Reagan's Revolution" in 1994
What is the "Contract with America?"
500
Legislation signed by George H.W. Bush which prohibited any discrimination against disabled Americans in hiring, transportation, or public accommodations