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Which amendment established a two term limit for the president?
22nd Amendment
Under Chief Justice Earl Warren, the Supreme Court made many decision
strengthening civil liberties
A federal court struck down key parts of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 because
it violated the 1st Amendment
What did the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act require?
automatic spending cuts when the deficit reached a certain amount
The federal program that provides free health care to the poor is
medicaid
Why did JFK urge civil rights leaders to end the Freedom Rides?
he did not want the rides to disrupt his re-election campaign
President Johnson's vision for America was called the
Great Society
The purpose of the Patriot Act is to
help catch terrorists
More than 80% of immigrants in the 1980s came from
Asia, Latin America, and the Carribean
What made the Gulf War different from all preceeding wars?
high tech weapons played an important role
In order to help fight terrorism within U.S. borders, Congress created
the Department of Homeland Security
the Soviet leader who introduced Glasnost
Gorbachev
What happened when a large number of savings and loans banks failed due to risky business practices?
the government paid billions of dollars to depositors
What international incident caused President Carter's approval rating to drop in 1979?
Iran Hostage situation
A major cause of inflation was
the surging cost of oil
Steve Wozniak and Steven Jobs introduced
the Apple II computer
military
On D-Day, the Allies landed at
Normandy
In 1946 Congress placed nuclear weapons research under civilian control with passage of the
Atomic Energy Act
The 26th Amendment...
lowered the voting age from 21 to 18