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Chapter 31- History
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Patriot act | -to make sure people aren't taking part in terrorist attack -allows investigators to use the tools that were already available to investigate organized crime and drug trafficking -watch over American |
| chad | small piece of paper punched out of a ballot, caused counting issues and controversy |
| anthrax | bio terrorism, a bacteria that was deadly -spread through mail and infected many people |
| WMDs | weapons of mass destruction -nuclear, biological and chemical weapons -wiped out many people |
| NCLB | no child left behind -annual reading and math tests for students -it was a law -students could move from public to private school if school was failing |
| terrorism | -radical Islam -the use of violence by nongovernmental groups against civilians to achieve a political goal |
| DHS | department of homeland security -used to secure the nation from threats -worked to improve U.S. security |
| "axis of evil" | bush said is Iraq wasn't "with us" then they were our "enemy" |
| inflation | increase in the price of goods and services in an economy |
| recession | decline in economic activity, occurs when there is a widespread drop in spending |
| social security | bush made a plan to fix social security by making workers put 4% of their income into private accounts rather than social security accounts -private accounts would grow rapidly and cover the shortfall in social security accounts |
| electoral college | -must win 270 electoral votes - established by Jefferson 1800 |
| Islamic fundamentalism | wanted to create a pure Islamic society |
| earmarks | attached to spending bills -form huge costly bills |
| insurgents | violence/rebels -began in Iraq when U.S. invaded |
| coalition | bush formed a coalition of countries to attack Iraq |
| Hamdan v. Rumsfeld | foreign prisoners who claimed they were being unlawfully imprisoned had the right to have their case heard in court |
| Places: Afghanistan | u.s. attacked them, bombed al-qaeda and taliban |
| Iraq | u.s. attacked because Iraq had been working on nuclear and biological weapons... they were our enemy |
| Guantanamo Bay, Cuba | we have a base in Cuba, held members of al-qaeda there |
| florida | determines who won the 2000 election, had issues with counting because of the chad |
| ohio | decided who won 2004 election |
| new orleans | hit by hurricane katrina, rebuilt city after... city is in a fish bowl |
| pakistan | u.s. gave them things for protection -osama bin laden his there |
| iran | sponsored terrorism against Israel |
| north korea | tested long range missiles |
| People: Ralph Nader | 2000 election and 2004 election -independent (green) -2000 had 0 electoral votes, 3% pop. vote |
| Donald Rumsfeld | wrote a letter about how people couldn't live as they chose which is why the war on terrorism was "like no other" -American politician |
| Nancy Pelosi | a fund-raiser for democratic party -became chair of california state democratic party -serves for 2 years -in 1987- elected to congress as first woman elected to be a speaker |
| Saddam Hussein | Iraq's dictator |
| Condoleeza Rice | first african american female secretary of state |
| george w. bush | ran for republican pres in 2000 and won had 271 electoral votes, 47% pop. vote |
| al gore | ran for democrat candidate in 2000 election had 266 electoral votes, 48.4% pop. vote |
| dick cheney | vice pres in 2000 |
| taliban | a fundamentalist islamic militia in Afghanistan |
| al-qaeda | formed to channel money and arms the to Afghan resistance |
| osama bin laden | killed in Pakistan in 2011 -caused 9/11 |
| john kerry | ran for democratic pres in 2004 election had 251 electoral votes, 48.30% pop. vote |
| Colin Powell | served as u.s. states secretary of state 2001-2005 -first african american secretary of state |
| northern alliance | ally when u.s. bombed Afghanistan against taliban |
| FEMA | federal emergency management agency |
| NSA | national security agency -monitored overseas telephone calls |
| Shia Muslim | fought against Sunni muslims |
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