Vocabulary Terms
Vocab & People
People
People
People
100
What do we call a group of people with few job skills and low educaiton?
Undercalss
100
A temporary alliance of nations for a special action is called?
Coalition
100
Who was the Press Secretary to Ronald Reagan who was shot during an assassination attempt?
Jim Brady
100
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union who resigned at the end of the Cold War?
Mikhail Gorbachev
100
Which African american was beat up by the Los Angeles police in 1992?
Rodney King
200
what is an early election that helps a political party choose a candidate called?
Primary
200
A jury that decides if charges against a person are strong enough to go to trial is a?
Grand Jury
200
Who was the 2nd President to be Impeached by the House of Representatives?
President Clinton
200
Who was sent to jail for 27 years because he was an anti-apartheid leader?
Nelson Mandela
200
Who ran for President as the 3rd party in 1992?
Ross Perot
300
What is a separation of white and black or non-white people called?
Apartheid
300
The removal of one group of people by another group in the same region is called ...
Ethnic Cleansing
300
Who became President of South Africa?
Nelson Mandela
300
Who was Sandra Day O'Conner?
One of the Supreme Court Justice women
300
During this man's Presidency there was a budget surplus
President Clinton
400
To make smaller or reduce the size of the workforce is called ...
Downsize
400
Who formed the Rainbow Coalition for minorities?
Jesse Jackson
400
Who was the Special Prosecutor who investigated President Clinton?
Kenneth Starr
400
Who was the new leader of Russia after the Soviet Union broke apart?
Boris Yeltsin
400
Who wrote the poem, "On the Pulse of the Morning" for Clinton's Inauguration?
Maya Angelou
500
The amount of money left over after spending is called?
Budget Surplus
500
Who was the leader of Iraq?
Saddam Hussein
500
Who helped to pass laws for health care and medical care?
Hillary Clinton
500
Who was the first African American to be the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff?
Colin Powell
500
What did the poet mean by the line, "Do not be wedded forever to fear?"
Do not live in fear of terrorism
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