Ronald Reagan
economic policy to combat stagflation; also referred to as "trickle down" economics
What is Reaganomics?
short lived conflict that successfully liberated Kuwait after Iraq's invasion
What is the Persian Gulf War?
first lady; Bill Clinton's wife
Who is Hilary Clinton?
exposed severe federal disaster management weaknesses and damaged the George W. Bush administration's reputation
What is Hurricane Katrina?
event that marked the election of the first minority president in U.S. history
What is the Election of 2008?
late 20th-century acceleration of international interconnectedness
What is globalization?
political scandal where the Reagan administration secretly sold weapons to Iran (an enemy) to free American hostages and illegally diverted the profits to fund "Contras" rebels in Nicaragua
What is the Iran Contra Affair?
the 1988 campaign pledge by Bush; unfortunately could not keep promise
What is "Read my lips, no new taxes"?
removed trade barriers with Canada and Mexico
What is NAFTA?
What is the North American Free Trade Agreement?
passed to enhance national security, but sparked debate over civil liberties and surveillance
What is the Patriot Act of 2001?
Obama ordered the operation that resulted in the death of this known terrorist in 2011, ten years after 9/11
Who is Osama Bin Laden?
visionary entrepreneur, co-founder of Apple Inc.
Who is Steve Jobs?
first female appointed to the Supreme Court under Reagan
Who is Sandra Day O'Connor?
represented the triumph of democratic ideals over authoritarianism and the literal crumbling of the "Iron Curtain"; marked the beginning of the end of the Cold War
What is the fall of the Berlin Wall?
event that stemmed from a scandal involving White House intern Monica Lewinsky; Republican-led House approved charges of perjury and obstruction of justice regarding testimony about their affair
What is the impeachment of Clinton?
landmark case that halted manual recounts of contested ballots in Florida, effectively awarding the 2000 U.S. presidential election to Republican candidate
What is Bush v. Gore?
aimed to expand healthcare coverage, prohibiting pre-existing condition discrimination and providing subsidies; nicknamed "Obamacare"
What is the Affordable Care Act?
effect of cultural diffusion => process where a minority group fully adopts the customs of a dominant culture, often losing their original identity
What is assimilation?
prominent American political organization to mobilize conservative evangelical Christians
What is the Moral Majority?
significant civil rights law ensuring equal opportunity for individuals with disabilities
What is the ADA?
What is the American with Disabilities Act?
a Republican takeover of Congress
What is the Contract of America?
an international treaty designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by binding industrialized nations to emission targets, which President George W. Bush rejected in 2001
What is the Kyoto Protocol?
became the first Hispanic and third woman to serve as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Who is Sonia Sotomayor?
the internet, social media (TikTok, Instagram), and satellite TV have accelerated the speed of this, allowing fashion, music, and social movements to cross borders instantly
What is cultural diffusion?
space-based anti-missile system designed to protect the U.S. from Soviet nuclear ICBMs; nicknamed "Star Wars"
What is SDI?
What is Strategic Defense Initiative?
dictator of Panama; was using Panama as a pipeline for drug trafficking into the U.S.
Who was Manuel Noriega?
organization that reflected a major foreign policy effort in the post-Cold War era to promote peace in the Middle East through diplomacy and international intervention
What is the PLO?
What is the Palestinian Liberation Organization?
sparked by the bursting of the housing bubble, subprime mortgage crisis, and banking failures
What is the financial crisis of 2008?
What is the recession of 2008?
economic stimulus package signed by President Obama on February 17, 2009, to combat the Great Recession
What is the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act?
Tim Berners-Lee released the WWW (World Wide Web) software, making it possible to access documents, pictures, and other materials via hyperlinks in what decade?
What are the 1990s?