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| North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) |
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| A free trade plan initiated in the Bush administration and enacted by a narrow vote in Congress in the early months of the Clinton administration. It established a common market without tariff barriers between the United States, Canada, and Mexico. |
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| weapons of mass destruction (WMD) |
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| Biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons capable of widespread destruction. |
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| In the 1994 congressional elections, Congressman Newt Gingrich had Republican candidates sign a document in which they pledged their support for such things as a balanced budget amendment, term limits for members of Congress, and a middle-class tax cut. |
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| World Trade Organization (WTO) |
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| Global international organization that deals with rules of trade between nations. It became a target for demonstrations in the late 1990s by protesters claiming that global corporations exploited workers and damaged the environment. |
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| A national policy of acting alone without consulting others. |
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| Once derisively called "wetbacks," undocumented aliens are illegal immigrants, mainly from Mexico and Central America. |
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| Initiated by President George W. Bush after the attacks of September 11, 2001, the broadly defined war on terrorism aimed to weed out terrorist operatives and their supporters throughout the world. |
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| This region consists of a broad band of states running across the South from Florida to Texas, extending west and north to include California and the Pacific Northwest. Beginning in the 1970s this area has experienced rapid economic growth and major gains in population. |
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