George H.W. Bush
In 1989, this fell and led to the official ending of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union (Russia).
What is the Berlin Wall?
Remember that this is the wall that separated West Germany from East Germany.
Politicians' personal lives were much more scrutinized as a result of this.
What is the Monica Lewinsky Scandal?
President Bush started this war in the Middle East after the US was attacked by Al-Qaeda at the World Trade Center and Pentagon on September 11th, 2001.
What is the War on Terrorism?
War centers in Iraq and Afghanistan. We removed President Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq. He was executed in 2006.
This is the significance of the 2008 election.
What is Barack Obama being elected as the 1st African American President?
The emergence of this in the 21st century allowed information to spread, made it easier for students to learn, and allowed people to work from home.
What is the internet?
This was a war between the U.S. & Iraq over Kuwait's oil.
This war will take place from August 1990 to February 1991.
Former First Lady of Bill Clinton, who will become the 1st female Democratic Party nominee for President in 2016.
Who is Hillary Clinton?
This was the closest presidential election in the history of the United States. The election had to be decided by the United States Supreme Court.
What is Bush v. Gore (2000)?
This was the United States' attempt at universal healthcare.
What is the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)?
This technology was created by the military and it revolutionized travel.
What is GPS (Global Positioning System)?
This bombing campaign brought the U.S. victory in the Persian Gulf War.
What is Operation Desert Storm?
President Clinton signed this with Mexico and Canada to remove trade barriers in North America.
What is the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)?
This involves a 3rd party stealing votes to influence an election.
What is the spoiler effect?
Ralph Nader stole votes in this election causing the election to be very close which resulted in a recount.
A decade after the events of September 11th, 2001, the mastermind behind 9/11 and the leader of Al-Qaeda was found and executed.
Who is Osama Bin Laden?
The goal of this creation was to supplement (help) human labor specifically in the medical, military, and manufacturing sectors.
What is robotics?
One of the reasons that H.W. Bush will not win his reelection.
President Clinton was the second president in US History to have this done to him...
What is Impeached?
Charged with Perjury and Obstruction of Justice.
These failed during Hurricane Katrina, that allowed the city of New Orleans to flood.
What are Levees?
President Obama nominated the first hispanic woman to the Supreme Court.
Who is Sonia Sotomayor?
The expansion of information technology leads to this.
What is improved standard of living and increased productivity?
During the 1992 Presidential election, this president hopeful had the biggest showing by a third party candidate.
Who is Ross Perot?
Third parties are known to take away votes from Democrats and Republicans, and sway elections.
This agreement involved over 20 nations and laid the foundation for the World Trade Organization.
What is the General Agreements on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)?
This policy pitted personal privacy against national security.
What is the Patriot Act?
This act helped bring the United States out of a recession after the 2008 housing market collapse. It created jobs and addressed many of the economic challenges of the 21st Century.
What is the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009?
The spreading and merging of cultures from around the world.
What is Cultural Diffusion?