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APUSH 39
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” | allowing gay and lesbian citizens to serve in the military as long as they did not make their sexual orientation public. |
| Oklahoma City bombing | Truck-bomb explosion that killed 168 people in a federal office building on April 19, 1995. |
| Contract with America | the Republican plan in the 1994 election, calling for welfare reform, congressional term limits, and a balanced-budget amendment. |
| Welfare Reform Bill | Legislation that made deep cuts in welfare grants and required able-bodied welfare recipients to find employment. |
| NAFTA | North American Free Trade Agreement - opened free trade with Canada and Mexico and allowed the flow of increased goods, services, and jobs |
| LA Riots | violent riots opposing racism in response to a police beating of a black man |
| World Trade Organization | International organization that moderates global trade |
| Whitewater | Clinton participated in fraud and illegal land deals and loans, covering up the conspirators with his considerable authority |
| Lewinsky Scandal | Political sex scandal that resulted in Bill Clinton's impeachment and trial by Congress |
| Bill Clinton | Forty-second president of the United States, 1993-2001 |
| H. Ross Perot | businessman who ran as an Independent in 1992, harped incessantly on the problem of the federal deficit, and made a boast of the fact that he had never held any public office. |
| Hillary Rodham Clinton | Wife of President Bill Clinton |
| Newt Gingrich | an American republican politician that developed the "Contract with America" |
| Bob Dole | Attorney and retired United States Senator from Kansas (1969-1996) longest serving Republican leader. |
| Osama bin Laden | Founder of al Qaeda, Arab terrorist responsible for the attacks of September 11, 2001, and other attacks |