75th Attorney General under Reagan; 66th Secretary of Treasury, Chief of Staff, and advocator of "Reaganomics"
What is Edwin Meese; Donald Regan?
100
political slogan popluarized by George Bush Sr. abd Margeret Thatcher in early 1990s
What is "peace dividend"?
100
Persian Gulf War, war waged by a UN authorized coalition force from 34 nations led by the US against Iraq 1990-1991
What is Operation Desert Storm?
100
conspiracy that a secretive power elite with a globalist agenda is conspiring to rule the world through an authoritarian world government
What is New World Order?
100
63rd Secretary of State in Clinton's 1st term, deputy attorney general in Johnson's term, deputy secretary of state in Carter's term
What is Warren Christopher?
200
founders of Apple Computer, Inc.; chairman of Microsoft
What is Stephen Wozniak and Steven Jobs; Bill Gates?
200
term for popluar resistance to oppression
What is intifada?
200
oil tanker that gained notoriety after running aground in Prince William Sound spilling 100s of 1000s of barrels of crude oil
What is Exxon Valdez?
200
secretary of State under George Bush, he held the highest ranking office any African-American has served in a presidental administration
What is Colin Powell?
200
Haiti's 1st democratically elected president
What is Jean-Bertrand Aristide?
300
served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and last head of state of USSR
What is MIkhail Gorbachev?
300
Associate Justice of Supreme Court from 1990 to 2009
What is David Souter?
300
65th and 67th governor of Massachusetts and Democratic presidental nominee in 1988
What is Michael Dukakis?
300
commander of Central Command in Persian Gulf War
What is Norman Schwarzkopf?
300
pact which admitted Mexico to the free-trade zone that the US and Canada had created earlier
What is NAFTA (North American Free Trade Association)?
400
long term trend in the history of computing hardware, # of transistors that can be placed inexpensively on an integrated circuit doubles approximately every 2 years
What is Moore's Law?
400
Supreme Court Justice who upheld executive power, interpreting the Constitution narrowly and championing conservative social issues
What is Clarence Thomas?
400
failure of 747 out of 3234 savings&loan associations, most of bailout paid for, contributes to a large budget deficits of early 1990s
What is saving-and-loan bailout?
400
process by which thermal radiation from a planetary surface is absorbed by atmospheric greenhouse gases and is re-readiated in all directions
What is greenhouse effect?
400
American radio talkshow host, highest-rated talk-radio program
What is Rush Limbaugh?
500
group formed by Bill Clinton and others who were frustrated with the perception of the Democrats and sought to stake out a more centrist party position
What is Democratic Leadership Council?
500
military dictator of Panama from 1983-1989
What is Manuel Noriega?
500
44th Vice President with George Bush Sr.
What is Dan Quayle?
500
Associate Justices of Supreme Court appointed by Clinton
What is Ruth Bader Ginsberg and Stephen Breyer?
500
nationwide organization led by Pat Robertson that controlled several state Republican parties