Terrorism
What was the name of the Wahhabist Islamic government in Afghanistan that aided Osama bin Laden?
Taliban
Who is the current leader of North Korea that keeps threatening us with nuclear weapons?
Kim Jung Un
When President Reagan commanded "tear down this wall," he was referring to the....
Berlin Wall
What was the actual crime that Bill Clinton was impeached for?
perjury (lying under oath)
This is a coalition of western European countries bound together by foreign trade agreements, open borders and a common currency.
European Union
In order to qualify as an act of terrorism, an act of violence must also....
involve a political motive
What role did the U. S. play in the Russian-Afghan War of the 1980's.
supplied weapons/training to the Afghans
Reganomics were supplied-side policies aimed at stimulating the economy by cutting social spending and providing tax cuts for ___________ people.
rich
NAFTA was a free trade agreement between these three countries:
U. S. Mexico Canada
Who won the U. S. presidential election in 2000, the most narrow victory in over a century?
G W Bush
What is the source of the enormous wealth of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait?
Oil Wells
This senator gave a 25 hour speech, denouncing the actions of the Trump Administration.
Cory Booker
One of President Reagan's "Little Wars" was the brief conflict in this island nation, in which U. S. Marines fought against the Cuban Army, which was supporting an overthrow of the country's government.
Grenada
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President Clinton, as part of his free trade initiative and his move to make GPS available to everyone, made the mistake of sharing our most advanced computer technology with rival country.
CHINA
What was the general view of the federal government's response to the Hurricane Katrina disaster?
totally inadequate (or words to that effect)
The FBI and Justice Department's horrible handling of these two events motivated Timothy McVeigh to bomb the Oklahoma City federal building.
Waco and Ruby Ridge
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What started the current war between Russia and Ukraine?
Russia invaded Ukraine
The 1991 Persian Gulf War was instigated by Iraq invading this small country.
Kuwait
With his free trade policies, President Clinton attempted to move the U. S. from a manufacturing-based to a _______________ based economy.
service
During the Vietnam War, President G. W. Bush (43) served as a....
pilot in a reserve unit
This particular event in the 1991 Persian Gulf War inspired Osama bin Laden and Aymen Al Zawahiri to declare Jihad against the U. S., U. K. and Saudi Arabia.
the Stationing of foreign troops (infidels) near the holy sites in Saudi Arabia
This man was the first president born after WWII and emphasized his youthful "coolness" by wearing shades and playing the sax.
Bill Clinton
In this 1991 battle, the U. S. demonstrated its technological power when a U. S. squadron of Abrams wiped out a battalion of Iraqi T-72 tanks.
Battle of 73 Easting
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A negative externality of the NAFTA treaty was that this type of industry was moved from the southeastern U. S. to Mexico.
Cotton mills
Swiftboat Veterans for Truth was an early Political Action Committee established to oppose this presidential candidate.
John Kerry
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