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100

The important disease of 1980s that the scientist were scared of Easy E got it and died

what is AIDS

100

What is Obama's last name

Obama

100

Glasnot and Perestronika 

Two major reforms ended the Arms Race Between the U.S and the Soviet Union.

100

what happens during 9/11

twin towers was plane crashed into and fell because of some terrorists

100

Supreme Court case establishing that a sitting President of the United States has no immunity from civil law litigation against him or her, for acts done before taking office and unrelated to the office.

What is Clinton v. Jones

200

The economic boom of the mid 90's lead by computers and telecommunication




Information technology


200

Who was in the "Axis of Evil" as said by Bush

Iraq, Iran, and North Korea

200

The thing at Japan in Kyoto that was an Internation Treaty to reduce the Greenhouse Emmison

What is Kyoto Accord?

200

America did Operation Desert Storm and invaded Iraq

Gulf War

200

This trial in 1995 brought on a lot of racial tensions because most whites believed the accused was guilty while most blacks believed he was innocent.

What is O.J Simpson Trial?

300

The explosion of the Space Shuttle "Challenger"

What was the biggest disaster in the aeronautics field in the 1980s?

300

The dude that Ruled over Iraq and was overthrown and shot by the USA 

Who is Saddam Hussein

300

Stagflation

A stagnant (still, flat) economy with high inflation
-leads to high unemployment, which leads to more stagflation

300

International treaty to reduce greenhouse gases emissions.

What is the Kyoto Accord?

300

Court upheld a law from Missouri that prohibited public employees from performing abortions, unless the life of the women was threatened.

What is Webster v. Reproductive Health Services

400

National institution was blamed in 2015 for spying US citizens and violating their privacy

What was National Security Agency (NSA) controversy?

400
The very first woman who was a secretary of state

Who is Madeline Albright

400

Glass Ceiling


Term used to describe the barrier preventing women and sometimes minorities from rising higher within companies



400

"Axis of Evil"

What is name that Bush utilized to describe Iraq, North Korea, and Iran in his 2002 State of the Union address?

400

The court ruled that manual recounts of presidential ballots in the Nov. 2000 election could not proceed because inconsistent evaluation standards in different counties violated the equal protection clause.

What is Bush v. Gore

500

Allowed U.S to have increased economic productivity as well as involvement worldwide economic opportunities a new way of communicating around the world


What are the advantages of digital communication?

500

The Russian Leader during the fall of the USSR

Who is Mikhail Gorbeschev

500

The Third way


Bill Clinton seeking to achieve liberal objectives (like equal opportunity) through conservative means (like supporting buisness)



500

Attempt to capture Osama bin Laden and other Al Qaeda members

What is the purpose of the War in Afghanistan?

500

Court ruling that said if the plaintiff showed that discrimination played a "motivating part" in an employment decision, the employer can avoid liability only by proving by a preponderance of the evidence that it would not have made the same decision in the absence of the discriminatory motive.

What is Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins