Science and Technology
This new technology allowed for increased economic productivity, improved worldwide economic opportunities, and made computers more valuable
What is the internet?
These attacks that claimed the lives of more than 3,000 Americans and began the War on Terror
What is 9/11?
He was the face of conservatism in the US; elected president of the US in 1980
Who is Ronald Reagan?
This trial in 1995 brought racial tensions as most white Americans believed the accused was guilty while most black Americans believed he was innocent
What is the People vs O.J Simpson?
This disease became the catalyst for scientific research in the 1980s.
What is AIDS?
This treaty was written to get countries to promise to reduce greenhouse gases emissions.
Paris Climate Accord
The nickname for the Affordable Care Act, which used a series of incentives and mandates to compel millions of Americans to purchase health insurance
What is Obamacare?
He was Soviet Union leader who brought improved relations with the US, but also oversaw the collapse of the USSR
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
The court ruled that a manual recounts of presidential ballots in the Nov. 2000 election must be stopped
What is Bush v. Gore
This economic downturn was caused by over-speculation on housing because of the deregulations on mortgage companies
Housing bubble / Great Recession
This country was invaded to capture Osama bin Laden and the other terrorists responsible for 9/11
What is Afghanistan?
What major education reform did W.Bush pass that targeted failing schools & had mandated tests with targeted sub groups where schools had to show growth or be taken over by the state?
No Child Left Behind
He was the Vice President of Bill Clinton and opponent of George Bush in the controversial 2000 election
Who is Al Gore?
The decision in this case legalized gay marriage across the country
What is Obergefell v Hodges?
This was the biggest disaster in the aerospace field in the 1980s
The explosion of the Space Shuttle "Challenger"
These were the two major reforms that ended the Soviet Union
What are Glasnot & Perestroika?
This amendment prohibited increasing the salary of members of Congress until the start of the next session of Congress.
What is 27th Amendment?
Iraq's leader who was overthrown and killed by US military forces
Who was Saddam Hussein?
This case overturned Roe v. Wade, ending the federal constitutional right to abortion and allowing states to ban abortion
What is Dobbs v Jackson?
This institution was for spying US citizens and violating their privacy after whistleblower Edward Snowden revealed their practices in 2015
What was is the National Security Agency (NSA)
This is the nickname George W Bush used to describe Iraq, North Korea, and Iran in the 2002 State of the Union address
What is the Axis of Evil?
Law passed in 1993 requiring a waiting period on sales of handguns, along with a criminal background check on the buyer.
What is the Brady Handgun Bill
She was the first & second women to serve as Secretary of State
Madeleine Albright & Hillary Clinton
This case determined that corporations have the First Amendment right to freedom of speech, allowing them to form Super PACs and donate unlimited amounts of money to political campaigns
What is Citizens United vs FEC?