9.1-9.3
This method of economics argues for lower taxes and less government spending to encourage investments and job growth in the private sector.
It was also named after the president who advocated for it.
Supply-side economics
"Reaganomics"
This former governor of Arkansas and saxophone player was president during the 1990s.
Bill Clinton
The word used to describe the growing interdependence of the world's economies, cultures, and populations, brought about by cross-border trade in goods and services, technology, and flows of investment, people, and information.
Globalization
He was, however, the first who thought he could get another country to pay for it being built.
Border wall/fence
This virus caused a mass panic throughout the world. It also caused further political division as the global pandemic occurred during an election year.
COVID-19
This scandal occurred during the Reagan presidency. The CIA sold weapons illegally to Iran. Then, the profits from the sales were used fund political militias in South America to topple an anti-American group.
Iran-Contra Affair
This political event led by Republicans caused President Clinton to declare "the era of big government is over."
Republican Revolution
Revolution of '94
An organization of the leading capitalist industrial nations - United States, Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, Canada, and Russian (suspended) - that manage global economic policy and monetary issues.
Group of 8 (G8)
President Obama took executive action to create program that would allow children brought into the country illegally by their parents opportunity to become citizens.
What was the name of the program?
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
DACA
This devastating tragedy involved the deaths of some 3,000 Americans. It will become the basis for increased security at airports, government buildings, as well as America's military presence in the Middle East for the next two decades.
9/11
This president said, "Read my lips-no new taxes!" as part of a campaign promise. However, when the economy began to decline and the federal budget increased, he was forced to renege on his promise.
George H.W. Bush
Bush-41
Though technically invented in the late 80s to aid in academic research, this invention became a service in most households by the end of the 90s.
Al Gore claimed to have invented it as well.
Internet
Corporate organizations that owns or controls production of goods pr services in a country or countries other than its home country.
multinational corporations (MNCs)
The 1950s would be horrified at the increase of these kind of families from 5.5 million in the 1970s to 12.8 million in 2000.
Unfortunately, the 1950s more racist sentiments would not be surprised to learn a large portion of these families were Black.
Single-parent families
These two elections were controversial because the winner did not win the popular vote but the Electoral College.
2000
2016
This program, pushed by the Reagan Administration, would protect the nation from international ballistic missiles (IBMs) with lasers and particle beams.
Critics mockingly called it "Star Wars" as it sounded too much like science fiction.
Strategic Defense Initiative
SDI
This White House intern had a sordid affair with President Clinton. When pressed on the matter, Clinton initially lied and then obfuscated on what happened between him and her.
"It depends on the meaning of the word 'is' is."
Monica Lewinsky
A decentralized computer network developed in the late 1960's by the US Department of Defense in conjunction with MIT. The Internet grew out of this.
Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET)
This state was once considered a proud example of the South and "Southern" culture. But as immigrants and migrants began to take up residence there, it became more cosmopolitan, Democrat, and anti-gun.
(Hint: It's capital was once Williamsburg, but changed to Richmond during the War for Independence)
Virginia
This economic event was the result of, among other things, banks giving mortgages to people unable to afford them (despite the government pushing for such loans).
President Obama attempted to correct this economic down turn, but it proved to be a great challenge.
Great Recession
This 2008 court ruling affirmed the interpretation of the Second Amendment as a guarantee for the right of individuals to own weapons such as firearms.
District of Columbia v. Heller
He was the last and most recent third party candidate who proved to be a serious challenge to Democrats and Republics during the 90s.
Despite his relative success, his party's membership has waned.
Ross Perot
A 2001 law that gave the government new powers to monitor suspected terrorists and their associates, including the ability to access personal information.
USA Patriot Act
This law passed during the Reagan Administration was an attempt to restrict the flow of illegal immigrants. Though it did provide more infrastructure for this goal, it failed to meet it. Critics also didn't like that it granted amnesty to 3 million undocumented workers.
Reform and Control Act of 1986
This political movement arose during the Obama administration. Though initially non-partisan, it quickly adopted a libertarian/conservative identity.
TEA Party
These two Soviet policies introduced under Gorbachev led to the end of the Cold War as they broke down the totalitarian and communist frameworks of the USSR.
Glasnost
Perestroika
This policy limited protective fees and taxes on goods produced in Canada and Mexico. Many union leaders and factory workers claim it was responsible for sending American manufacturing jobs to places like Mexico.
NAFTA
North American Free Trade Agreement
During the early stages of the Iraq War, members of the United States Army and the CIA committed a series of human rights violations and war crimes against detainees in _______________ prison in Iraq, including physical and sexual abuse, torture, rape and the killing of Manadel al-Jamadi.
Abu Ghraib Prison
This law was passed under President Clinton and was another attempt at fixing the immigration problem. However, like the one under Reagan, it did little to stem the flow of illegal immigrants into the country.
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996
This legislation was supposed to be Bush-43's legacy. But his foreign policy measures and his perceived inadequacies with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina over-shadowed it.
Plus, its less-than-stellar results made it unpopular with teachers.
No Child Left Behind Act