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100
Activists working under Ayatollah Khomeini invaded a US embassy, taking 53 Americans hostage for more than a year as a show of support of the recent revolution in their nation. This hostage situation is known of as what?
What is the Iran Hostage Crisis
100
During this election , neither presidential candidate got the required 270 votes from the Electoral College, and the presidential winner was instead elected by the Supreme Court - Who won? - Year of election
Who is George W. Bush (2000)
100
" Immigrants take jobs away from Americans" This argument is from someone who is on what side of the immigration debate?
What is the Anti-Immigration viewpoint?
100
The goal of this agreement and policy was to reduce INTERNATIONAL tariffs, a revised version of this agreement was signed by Bill Clinton in 1994, and went on to be replaced by the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 1995
What is the GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade)
100
Voters in Broward County,Florida faced a bit of trouble in 2000, when they were given THESE poorly-designed ballots
What are hanging chads?
200
In 1989 President George HW Bush sends 12,000 US troops to arrest a Panamanian Dictator, who was then convicted of several counts of drug trafficking. Who was the dictator? What is then name of the US initiative to stop illegal drug production,distribution, and use?
Who is Manuel Noreiga What was the War on Drugs
200
This president cut spending on education and social programs and slashed taxes in the hope that decreased tax payments would stimulate the economy, ushering us into an economic recession Name of president? Name of economic plan?
Who is Ronald Reagan? What is Reganomics?
200
" Immigration helps stimulate the economy by introducing new consumers into the market and increasing tax revenue" This argument is from someone on which side of the immigration debate?
What is PRO- immigration viewpoint?
200
Ethnic cleansing of this Eastern European region ended the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. UN forces intervened in 1995 and again in 1999 in an effort to stop the bloodshed.
Ethnic Cleansing of the Balkans Bosnia- 1995 Kosovo-1999 This happened in provinces that were part of the former Yugoslavia and were mostly perpetrated by the Serbian dictator
200
This virus hit the scene in 1981, and in the 1990's George HW Bush pushed for increased research on possible causes and treatments
What is AIDS
300
This conflict began when Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait, and ended after UN sanctions allow troops from the US, France, Britain, Egypt and Saudi Arabia to use force to subdue the Iraqi forces. What was the name of the war? What was the name of the US military operation? Who was president?
What was the Persain Gulf War What was Operation Desert Storm Who is George HW Bush (Bush Senior)
300
This candidate ran for office on the platform of social change, and proposed universal health care
Who is Barack Obama?
300
This is the buildup of greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere which leads to depletion of the ozone layer. Adverse effects include a shift in temperature and the melting of the polar ice caps. - Name of phenomenon - What people are arguing about it
What is Global Warming People are debating its existence ,as well as its actual effects on the planet, as well as what can be done to stop it's advancement
300
Over 200,000 people were decimated when conflict between ethnic groups boiled over in 1994. The UN intervened, but unfortunately many had already been killed. - Name of the ethnic groups involved - Name of the country where this occured
What are the Hutus and the Tutsis Where is Rwanda
300
She was the first African American woman to be named Secretary of State, and went on to help the US rebuild in Iraq
Who is Condolezza Rice
400
This system of rigid segregation was repealed in 1994, after UN negotiations and US congressional economic sanctions. After it's repeal, Nelson Mandela went on to be the first democratically elected leader of the county.
What is Apartheid?
400
This presidents signs NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement), allowing for open trade between the US, Canada and Mexico, opening the market to a larger variety of cheaper goods, and allowing companies to skirt wage laws and environmental protection acts by outsourcing work.
Who is Bill Clinton?
400
This was one of the worst acts of DOMESTIC terrorism in American History, occurring in April, 1995, when a bomb goes off in a government building, killing 168 and wounding over 800
What is the Oklahoma City Bombing
400
This violent attack involved the hijacking and subsequent crashing of of 5 commercial airliners into highly populated buildings. What is the name of the attacks? Who perpetrated them?
What was the September 11th attack (2001) Who is Osama Bin Laden
400
Due to shortages and inflation the US faced an energy crisis in 1973-1974. and again in 1979. What is the name of the organization that controls the market for this commodity?
What is OPEC? Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
500
This organization touted itself' as the sole representatives for the citizens of a geographical zone in Israel, this group was also involved in several violent conflicts in the middle east
What is the Palestine Liberation Organization
500
In 1985 this president began selling weapons to Iran in exchange for the promise that the Iran military would secure the return of American hostages from Lebanese terrorists. This plan did not go well and contradicted the US policy that we would not negotiate with terrorists. What was the name of this weapons exchange? Who was the president?
What is Iran Contra Affair? Who is Ronald Reagan ?
500
This defense initiative violated international sanction, and called for billions to be spent developing a shield to protect against atomic and nuclear weaponry. Name of the initiative Nick-Name of the Initiative President who developed it
What is the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) What is Star Wars Who is Ronald Reagan
500
These peace accords were signed by Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat to finally end the Israeli-Egyptian disputes.
What are the Camp David Accords
500
These two groups are linked to recent global acts of terrorism, and were the primary targets for the war on terror
Who is the taliban Who is al-qaeda
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