Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
1980s-2012
New Era
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| hanging chads | a chad that is incompletely removed and hanging by one corner |
| realpolitik | A system of politics or principles based on practical rather than moral or ideological considerations. |
| Saddam Hussein | Iraqi leader who waged war against Iran; his invasion of Kuwait led to the Gulf War |
| Hillary Clinton | •Universal health care •Tax support for abortion |
| NAFTA | established free trade zone between Canada, United States andMexico, net gain in jobs due to opening of Mexican markets |
| Brady Bill | A law that requires a waiting period for handgun purchases and background checks on those who wish to purchase them. |
| Oklahoma City Bombing | (1995) – 169 killed |
| Election 2000 | Gore (D) – VP to Clinton George W. Bush (R) - Texas Gov. -Bush won |
| Al Gore | Vice President of the United States under Bill Clinton |
| George W. Bush | carried on Reaganomics, Gulf War,Savings and Loan Scandal |
| Hamid Karzai | is the 12th and current President of Afghanistan |
| Patriot Act | gave law-enforcement officials greater ability to tap telephones and track Internet users |
| John Roberts | became President Bush's choice for Chief of Justice. |
| No Child Left Behind | the government policy that no child would miss out on education. |
| Subprime lending | making loans to people who may have difficulty maintaining the repayment schedule. |
| Upside down or underwater mortgage | a home purchase loan with a higher balance than the free-market value of the home. |
| John McCain | ran against Barack Obama in the 2008 election and lost. |
| TEA party movement | endorses reduced government spending, cutting taxes, reduction of the national debt and federal budget deficit. |
| Obamacare | expanded eligibility of Medicaid and required most Americans to purchase health insurance |
| Individual mandate | is a requirement by law that certain persons purchase or otherwise obtain a good or service |
| Gitmo | is the Naval term used by the Marines and Navy to talk about the base the Americans have on the island of Cuba. |
| Arab Spring | refers to the pro-democracy uprisings currently sweeping the Middle East and North Africa. |
| "Evil Empire” speech, “Star Wars” | Reagan called the SovietUnion an “evil empire”; Korean passenger plane shot down near Moscow (increased anti-Soviet rhetoric); Strategic DefenseInitiative (SDI) used space-based lasers as defense from nuclear attack |
Created by:
RLTurner
Popular U.S. History sets