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Who was elected president in 2008?
Barack Obama
What does SDI or Star Wars stand for?
Strategic Defense Initiative
What event permitted the creation of the Department of Homeland Security?
Terrorist attack of 9/11
What political party did Obama belong to?
Democrat
What democrat did Donald Trump run against in 2016?
Hillary Clinton
Who was the president during the Three Mile Island incident and the Iranian Hostage Crisis?
Carter
What was the ruling of Roe v Wade?
legalized abortion
What trade agreement was signed between the US, Mexico, and Canada?
NAFTA
What was created to hold states, schools, and districts more accountable for their standardized test scores?
No Child Left Behind
What year was Hurricane Katrina?
2005
What president enacted Operation Urgent Fury?
Reagan
What country broke apart after the Cold War?
Soviet Union
What president was called to be impeached because he lied under oath?
Clinton
In what event did the Reagan administration use earnings from weapon sales to Iran to illegally fund Contra rebels?
Iran Contra
Balancing individual rights and freedoms with the need for national security has been one of the biggest challenges created by -
international terrorism
Who was the Republican candidate in 2016 and won?
Trump
What act gave healthcare access to those who could not get insurance previously? ( Obamacare )
Affordable Care Act
Congressman Newt Gingrich had Republican candidates sign a document in which they pledged their support for such things as a balanced budget amendment, term limits for members of Congress, and a middle-class tax cut. This document was called -
Contract with America
In what event did Reagan fire more than 11,000 air traffic controllers who ignored his order to return to work?
PATCO (Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization)
Broad tax cuts and financial deregulation would promote economic expansion is based on what theory?
Reaganomics
What is the name of the war Bush sent troops to Kuwait for?
The Persian Gulf War
What event did President Bush and FEMA respond slowly to in 2005?
Hurrican Katrina
The perceived decline of what many considered family values in the early 1980s led to the rise of what group?
Moral Majority
What was the event where the U.S. invaded this island to overthrow a Marxist government, to remove Cuban communist influence, and to protect American nationals on the island?
Invasion of Grenada
What grounds did President Bush have to invade Panama and overthrow General Manuel Noriega?
War on Drugs