Carter
Because of this nuclear accident, Carter created the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to set standards for the peaceful use of nuclear energy
What is 3 Mile Island?
This ended after Carter left office and Reagan was inaugurated.
What is the Iran Hostage Crisis?
People left this area of the upper Midwest to go to the pleasurable climate of this area. Must name both.
What is from the Rust Belt to the Sun Belt?
Name of the South African anti-apartheid activist who was released from prison after 27 years and became the first black president.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
Bush's presidency was finally decided by the Supreme Court because of the "hanging chad" issue in this state
What is Florida?
Location of the ground-breaking agreement between Egypt's Sadat and Israel's Begin.
What is Camp David?
Name used to describe Reagan’s new weapon system which would shoot Russian missiles from outer space.
What is Star Wars?
The important event of 1989 that signified an end to the Cold War.
What is the fall of the Berlin Wall?
Independent 3rd party candidate that split the vote allowing Clinton to win the presidency.
Who is Ross Perot?
Group responsible for the 9/11 terrorists attacks on the World Trade Center Towers and the Pentagon; 4th plane crashed in Pennsylvania
Who is Al-Qaeda?
US giving the Shah medical attention led to this
What is Iran taking American hostages?
Increasing the military so the USSR won't mess with the US
What is Peace Through Strength?
Name of the Iraqi leader who invaded Kuwait in order to access oil
Who is Saddam Hussein?
Labor law requiring employers to provide employees with job-protected and unpaid leave for qualified medical and family reasons
What is the Family and Medical Leave Act?
Created to prevent acts of terrorism in the US; tightened security in airports, etc.
What is the US PATRIOT Act?
Broad tax cuts and financial deregulations on businesses would promote economic expansion; AKA supply-side or trickle down
What is Reaganomics?
Prohibited discrimination against the disabled in employment and public facilities
What is the American's with Disabilities Act?
Established free trade between Canada, the United States, and Mexico; promotes competition in the marketplace
What is NAFTA?
Levee broke flooding the city, the wind and storm surge hit at high tide, New Orleans lies below sea level, was surrounded by bodies of water were all results of this
What is Hurricane Katrina?
Racist discrimination policy in South Africa
What is apartheid?
Name of the scandal involving Reagan where weapons were sold illegally to Iran in order to fund the Contras in Nicaragua.
What is the Iran Contra affair?
US troops to on a humanitarian mission to stop starvation and genocide in this African country
What is Somalia?
Event that led American public to feel like they could not trust their leaders.
What is Clinton's impeachment?
Location where Bush claimed there were weapons of mass destruction
What is Iraq?