Foreign Policy
The US negotiated a peace treaty between these countries at Camp David
Who are Israel and Egypt?
Increased connection and communication between countries and the world
What is globalization?
This combination of high inflation and unemployment severely hurt the US economy during a period of slow economic growth
What is stagflation?
The twin towers were destroyed in an attack by Al-Qaeda
What is 9/11?
Due to new policies on immigration, the US saw this happen to the number of immigrants
What is an increase?
This system of segregation was present in South Africa
What is apartheid?
OPEC produces and exports this resource
What is petroleum (oil)?
The book Silent Spring by Rachel Carson started this movement that resulted in anti-pollution laws
What is environmentalism?
This is an act of violence or intimidation to achieve a political, religious, or ideological goal
What is terrorism?
Change in immigration policies saw an increased number of immigrants from these areas
What is Latin America and Asia?
President Carter looked weak after not being able to get 52 American hostages release for 444 days during this event
What is the Iranian Hostage Crisis?
NAFTA is a trade agreement between these countries
Who is US, Canada, and Mexico?
This event came down to the wire in Florida as machine error led to confusion and recounts
What is the Election of 2000?
This law controversially allowed the US government to monitor suspected terrorists
What is the Patriot Act?
This 2012 policy protects undocumented children from deportation
What is DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals)?
The US illegal traded arms and used money to illegally fund anti-communist rebels in Nicaragua in this event
What is the Iran-Contra Affair?
OPEC's embargo (ban on trade) resulted in this
What is high prices and shortages?
The government reacted slowly to this due to stigmatization, discrimination, and a lack of funding?
What is the AIDS crisis?
The US passed laws to increase the punishment for terrorism after this domestic terrorist attack
What is the Oklahoma City Bombing?
This policy increased the total number of immigrants allowed entry into the U.S.
What is the Immigration Act of 1990?
This plan was aimed at overthrowing communism by supporting communist takeovers
What is the Reagan Doctrine?
What is outsourcing (moving labor sources to cheaper areas)?
The economic policies of President Reagan (reaganomics) aimed to fix the economy through this theory that cut taxes for the wealthy
trickle-down economics
After 9/11, the US launched the War on Terror to eliminate all terrorists and started wars in these countries
What are Iraq and Afghanistan?
The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 reversed previous US immigration policy by doing this
What is ended the quota system or prioritized immigrants based on family?