A Time of Change Vocab
Lying when one has sworn under oath to tell the truth
Perjury
To make changes or alter
Modify
Not according to or authorized by law
To work at home by means of an electronic linkup with a central office
Telecommute
Wireless digital technology made it possible to miniaturize these devices
Cell Phones
The act of granting a pardon to a large group of people
Amnesty
Having no earlier occurrence of something similar
Unprecedented
Following the Cuban Revolution of 1959, more than 800,000 Cubans arrived in the United States, settling mainly in which U.S. city and state?
Miami, Florida
The basic currency shared by the countries of the European Union since 1999
Euro
Software that enabled Internet users to click links to navigate from Web site to Web site
Web Browser
An increase in average world temperatures over time
Global Warming
The debates that erupted over Clinton's agenda in the 1990s demonstrated the growing influence and power of political and social...
Advocacy Groups
Someone who is leaving his or her country due to a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular group, or political opinion
Refugee
They founded Apple Computer in 1976
(Daily Double)
Steve Jobs and Stephen Wozniak
A task force to develop a plan that put much of the burden of paying for health insurance benefits on employers was headed by this former first lady
Hillary Rodham Clinton
The expulsion, imprisonment, or killing of ethnic minorities by a dominant majority group
Ethnic Cleansing
Bill Clinton was the first baby boomer to reach the Oval Office, setting out an ambitious domestic agenda focusing on the...
(There are 5 Main Things, Name 2 of Them)
Economy, Family, Education, Crime, and Health Care
The Reagan administration’s amnesty program of 1986 was intended to solve the problem of
Unauthorized Immigration
This organization was formed to represent some 120 nations in efforts to negotiate international trade agreements and trade disputes
The World Trade Organization
IBM’s first compact computer
Personal Computer
The process by which immigrants who have acquired U.S. citizenship can send for relatives in their home country to join them
Migration Chains
Despite strong opposition from many Republicans and the National Rifle Association, the Democrats in Congress passed a gun-control law known as the
(Daily Double)
Brady Bill
The USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 put immigration under the control of
The Department of Homeland Security
In 1990, researchers in this European country, developed a new way to present information on Internet-linked computers
Switzerland
Chemical used in air conditioners and refrigerators that could potentially deplete the Earth’s protective atmosphere
(It is composed of Chloride, Fluorine, and Carbon)
Chlorofluorocarbon