Perez's Modern America Review

People

100

This person was the first minority President

Barack Obama

200

This person was appointed by President Obama and became the first Latina Supreme Court justice

Sonia Sotomayor

300

This person declared a War on Terror and, according to Kanye, doesn't care about black people

George W. Bush

400

This person was appointed by President Reagan and became the first woman Supreme Court justice

Sandra Day O'Connor

500

This person lost to George W. Bush in the tightly-contested 2000 presidential election

Al Gore

Tech

100

This tech aids in worldwide communication

Cellphone

200

This tech helps people navigate around the world

Global Positioning System (GPS)

300

This tech aids in manufacturing by making products faster

Robotics

400

This tech is used to keep track of workers' efficiency (i.e. the beeps at McDonald's)

Time-study analysis

500

This tech used computers to track parts and have them delivered to workers only when needed

Just-in-time production

Government

100

This state helped decide the 2000 presidential election but not before requiring a recount by the Supreme Court

Florida

200

A trade agreement between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico that eliminates tariffs

North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

300

This act expanded the government's law enforcement powers but gave the government too much power by violating people's right to privacy

USA PATRIOT Act

400

This act was passed in 2010 and expanded health insurance coverage to millions of Americans

Affordable Care Act/Obamacare

500

This process happened after it was revealed the President Clinton lied under oath about his extramarital affair

Impeachment

Vocab

100

Examples of alternative energy

Solar/wind power

200

This device has led to the creation of jobs and e-commerce

Computers

300

Many Americans left this region for the Sun Belt following economic decline 

Rust Belt

400

This system, designed to protect New Orleans from hurricanes, failed and made the effects of Hurricane Katrina far worse

Leeves

500

The study of population

Demography

Wildcard

100

This person was President during the Great Depression and World War II.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

200

The name of the book that Upton Sinclair wrote, exposing the malpractices of the meatpacking industry

The Jungle

300

The reason why the United States joined the Korean War

Containment/Truman Doctrine

400

The act of buying and selling too many stocks without properly investing

Overspeculation

500

Anti-war activists such as Charles Schenck were arrested due to this act banning speech against the draft in World War I

Espionage Act