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25th Amendment
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has to do with the succession to the Presidency and establishes procedures both for filling a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, as well as responding to Presidential disabilities
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Affirmative Action
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Policy designed to redress past discrimination against women and minority groups through measures to improve their economic and educational opportunities
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Anwar el-Sadat
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Egyptian statesman who negotiated a peace treaty with Menachem Begin
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Apartheid
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A social policy or racial segregation involving political and economic and legal discrimination against people who are not Whites
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Ayatollah Khomeini
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Islamic religious leader who led a fundamentalist revolution in Iran in 1979
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Bob Woodward
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One of America's preeminent investigative reporters and non-fiction authors. He has worked for The Washington Post since 1971.
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Carl Bernstein
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merican journalist who, as a reporter for The Washington Post along with Bob Woodward, broke the story of the Watergate break-in and consequently helped bring about the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon.
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Camp David Accords
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he landmark 1978 agreement between Israel and Egypt that paved the way for peace between the two countries.
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Clarence Thomas
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American jurist who has served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States since 1991. Thomas is the second African American to serve on the Court, after Thurgood Marshall, whom he succeeded.
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Department of Energy
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The federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the United States; created in 1977
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Détente
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The easing of tensions or strained relations
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Election of 1976
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The United States presidential election of 1976 followed the resignation of President Richard Nixon in the wake of the Watergate scandal.
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Energy Crisis
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Any great bottleneck (or price rise) in the supply of energy resources to an economy.
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Environmental Protection Agency
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An independent federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment
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Equal Rights Amendment
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A proposed amendment to the United States Constitution which was intended to guarantee that equal rights under any federal, state, or local law could not be denied on account of sex.
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Food Stamps
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Coupons issued by the US government for the purchase of food
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Helsinki Accords
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Final act of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe held in Helsinki, Finland during July and August of 1975
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Iran-Contra Affair
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A political scandal in the United States which came to light in November 1986, during the Reagan administration, in which senior US figures agreed to facilitate the sale of arms to Iran
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Iranian Hostage Affair
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A diplomatic crisis between Iran and the United States where 53 Americans were held hostage for 444 days from November 4, 1979 to January 20, 1981, after a group of Islamist students and militants took over the American Embassy in support of the Iranian Revolution
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Jimmy Carter
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Created the Department of Energy and the Department of Education
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John Dean
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White House Counsel to United States President Richard Nixon from July 1970 until April 1973
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Menachem begin
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Israeli politician and the sixth Prime Minister of the State of Israel
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Minorities in Politics
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TO where it was mostly whites in office; rarely would you see African Americans or other races in occupations involving politics.
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National Energy Act
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Legislative response by the U.S. Congress to the 1973 energy crisis
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Nelson Mandela
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South African statesman who was released from prison to become the nation's first democratically elected president in 1994
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New Federalism
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Political philosophy of devolution, or of transfer of certain powers from the United States federal government to the states
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Nuclear Power
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Power (generally electrical) produced from controlled nuclear reactions
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Presidential Pardon
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Forgiveness of a crime and the penalty associated with it. It is granted by a head of state, such as a monarch or president, or by a competent church authority
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Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978)
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"Affirmative action"
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Reverse discrimination
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Discrimination against members of a dominant or majority group, or in favor of members of a minority or historically disadvantaged group
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Roe v. Wade (1973)
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Abortion
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S.A.L.T. I and II
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Sam Ervin
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Democratic United States Senator from North Carolina from 1954 until 1974
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Senate Watergate Committee
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Special committee convened by the United States Senate to investigate the Watergate burglaries and the ensuing Watergate scandal after it was learned that the Watergate burglars had been directed to break into and wiretap the headquarters of the Democratic Party.
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Silicon Valley
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A region in California to the south of San Francisco that is noted for its concentration of high-technology industries
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Solar Energy
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Energy from the sun that is converted into thermal or electrical energy
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Stagflation
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A period of slow economic growth and high unemployment (stagnation) while prices rise (inflation)
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Sunbelt States
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A region of the United States generally considered to stretch across the South and Southwest
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Swan v. Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools (1971)
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Three Mile Island
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NUCLEAR
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Title IX
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US v. Nixon (1974)
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Unanimous 8-0 ruling involving President Richard Nixon and was important to the late stages of the Watergate scandal
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Watergate Scandal
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Political scandal involving abuse of power and bribery and obstruction of justice; led to the resignation of Richard Nixon in 1974
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WIN (Ford)
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Yom Kipper War
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Egypt and Syria attacked Israel in October 1973 (on Yom Kippur); Israel counterattacked and drove the Syrians back and crossed the Suez Canal into Egypt
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Technological Changes:
Mass Media
Communication
Military
Science
Medicine
Electronics
Data Storage
Transportation
Energy
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Airline deregulation
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process of removing entry and price restrictions on airlines affecting, in particular, the carriers permitted to serve specific routes. In the United States, the term usually applies to the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978
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Challenger Disaster
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occurred on January 28, 1986, when Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, leading to the deaths of its seven crew members
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Election of 1980
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ntest between incumbent Democrat Jimmy Carter and his Republican opponent, Ronald Reagan, as well as Republican Congressman John B. Anderson, who ran as an independent
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Election of 1984
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President Ronald Reagan, the Republican candidate, and former Vice President Walter Mondale, the Democratic candidate. Reagan was helped by a strong economic recovery from the deep recession of 1981-1982
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Election of 1988
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Ronald Reagan, the incumbent President, was vacating the position after serving the maximum two terms allowed by the Twenty-second Amendment
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Fall of the Berlin Wall
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(1989) END OF COLD WAR
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Famine
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Widespread scarcity of food that may apply to any faunal species
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Flag Burning
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An act of protest at that nation's activities
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Gay Rights Movement
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Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender social movements share inter-related goals of social acceptance of sexual and gender minorities.
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Geraldine Ferraro
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merican attorney, a Democratic Party politician and a former member of the United States House of Representatives. She was the first female Vice Presidential candidate representing a major American political party.
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Glasnost
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a policy of the Soviet government allowing freer discussion of social problems
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Intermediate-Ranges Nuclear Forces Treaty
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Internet
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mputer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
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Microsoft
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A large multinational software company best known for its Windows operating system. (BILL GATES)
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Mikhail Gorbachev
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t statesman whose foreign policy brought an end to the Cold War and whose domestic policy introduced major reforms
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New Right Coalition
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Perestroika
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economic policy adopted in the former Soviet Union; intended to increase automation and labor efficiency but it led eventually to the end of central planning in the Russian economy
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Persian Gulf War
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war fought between Iraq and a coalition led by the United States that freed Kuwait from Iraqi invaders; 1990-1991
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Ronald Reagan
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Saddam Hussein
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raqi leader who waged war against Iran; his invasion of Kuwait led to the Gulf War (born in 1937)
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Texas v. Johnson (1989)
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invalidated prohibitions on desecrating the American flag in force in 48 of the 50 states
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Tiananmen Square
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June 1989, Protest with Chinese student took places where violence occured
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US Invasion of Lebanon
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William Renquist
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United States jurist who served as an associate justice on the United States Supreme Court from 1972 until 1986, when he was appointed chief justice (born in 1924)
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Yasser Arafat-Palestine nationalism (PLO)
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Sandra Day O'Connor
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merican jurist who was the first female member of the Supreme Court of the United States. She served as an Associate Justice from 1981 until her retirement from the Court in 2006. O'Connor was appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981
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Shah of Iran
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former hereditary monarch of Iran
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Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars)
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US research and development program designed to create an effective defense against nuclear-missile attack, initiated by President Reagan in 1983
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Supply-Side economics (Reagonomics)
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school of economic theory that stresses the costs of production as a means of stimulating the economy; advocates policies that raise capital and labor output by increasing the incentive to produce
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1990s "Trickle-Down" Theory
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theory that financial benefits given to the wealthy will somehow be passed down to the poor
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27th Amendment
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prohibits any law that increases or decreases the salary of members of the Congress from taking effect, until the start of the next set of terms of office for Representatives
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AIDS
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a serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles
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Al Gore
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former Vice President of the United States (1993-2000), has played a leading role in communicating about the science, policy, and solutions related to climate change to large audiences around the globe
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Americans with Disabilities Act
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a law that was enacted by the U.S. Congress in 1990. Its long title is "An Act to establish a clear and comprehensive prohibition of discrimination on the basis of disability
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Amnesty
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a period during which offenders are exempt from punishment
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Bill Clinton
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Bill Gates
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MICROSOFT
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Computer Revolution
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the related history of computers and history of computer science.
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Election of 1992
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Incumbent Republican President George H. W. Bush; Democrat Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton, and independent Texas businessman Ross Perot.
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Election of 1996
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contest between the Democratic national ticket of President Bill Clinton of Arkansas and Vice President Al Gore of Tennessee and the Republican national ticket of former Senator Bob Dole of Kansas for President and former Housing Secretary
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Graying of America
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Baby Boomers starting to get Social Security
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John McCain
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enior United States Senator from Arizona. He was the Republican nominee for president in the 2008 United States election
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NAFTA
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North American Free Trade Agreement: an agreement for free trade between the United States and Canada and Mexico; became effective in 1994 for ten years
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NASDAQ in the 1990s
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National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations: a computerized data system to provide brokers with price quotations for securities traded over the counter
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National Debt
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the debt of the national government (as distinguished from the debts of individuals and businesses and political subdivisions)
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New Democrat
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ideologically centrist faction within the Democratic Party that emerged after the victory of Republican George H. W. Bush in the 1988 presidential election
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Newt Grigrich
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an politician who served as the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999
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Political Action Committee
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committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates
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Ross Perot
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American businessman from Texas best known for running for President of the United States in 1992 and 1996. Perot founded Electronic Data Systems (EDS) in 1962, sold the company to General Motors in 1984, and founded Perot Systems in 1988
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"Axis of Evil"
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term initially used by the former United States President George W. Bush in his State of the Union Address on January 29, 2002 and often repeated throughout the rest of his stay in office, describing governments that he accused of helping terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction
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Afghanistan
Definition
landlocked country in central Asia; bordered by Iran to the west and Russia to the north and Pakistan to the east and south
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Airport Security
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the techniques and methods used in protecting airports and aircraft from crime
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Al-Quaeda
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Islamist group founded sometime between August 1988. and late 1989
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Bilingual education
Definition
hing academic content in two languages, in a native and secondary language with varying amounts of each language used in accordance with the program model
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Bush Doctrine
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phrase used to describe various related foreign policy principles of former United States president George W. Bush
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Colin Powell
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United States general who was the first African American to serve as chief of staff; later served as Secretary of State under President George W. Bush
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Department of Homeland Security
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Cabinet department of the United States federal government with the primary responsibilities of protecting the territory of the U.S. from terrorist attacks and responding to natural disasters.
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Embassy bombings
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George W. Bush
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son of former President George Bush, was elected governor of Texas in 1994. A popular politician, he was reelected in 1998 to become the first Texas governor to serve two consecutive four-year terms. In 1999 he announced his candidacy for the Republican Party presidential nomination in 2000
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Green Card
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a card that identifies the bearer as an alien with permanent resident status in the United States
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Immigration Policy Act
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Joe Lieberman
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junior United States Senator from Connecticut. First elected to the Senate in 1988, Lieberman was elected to a fourth term on November 7, 2006
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Multiculturalism
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doctrine that several different cultures (rather than one national culture) can coexist peacefully and equitably in a single country
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Nativist
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vors the interests of certain established inhabitants of an area or nation as compared to claims of newcomers or immigrants
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No Child Left Behind
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attempts to improve performance of American K-12 schools by increasing the standards of accountability for states, school districts, and schools, as well as providing parents more flexibility in choosing which schools their children will attend
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Nuclear Proliferation
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term now used to describe the spread of nuclear weapons, fissile material, and weapons-applicable nuclear technology and information, to nations which are not recognized as "Nuclear Weapon States" by the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons
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Osama Bin Laden
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Arab terrorist who established al-Qaeda
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Patriot Act
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An act swiftly passed in the US after the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. There are provisions to prevent money laundering, which may affect any transfers of funds into, and ownership of assets in the USA.
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Pre-emptive Strikes
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waged in an attempt to repel or defeat a perceived inevitable offensive or invasion, or to gain a strategic advantage in an impending (allegedly unavoidable) war before that threat materializes
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Republican Election 2000
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controversial elections in the nation's history
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September 11th, 2001
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eries of coordinated suicide attacks by al-Qaeda upon the United States on September 11, 2001. On that morning, 19 al-Qaeda members hijacked four commercial passenger jet airliners.
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Taliban Regime
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slamic Emirate of Afghanistan was founded in 1996 when the Taliban began their rule of Afghanistan and ended with their fall from power in 2001
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Terrorist Network
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War on Iraq
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an ongoing military campaign which began on March 20, 2003, with the invasion of Iraq by a multinational force led by troops from the United States and the United Kingdom
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World Trade Center
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Twin skyscrapers 110 stories high in New York City; built 1368 feet tall in 1970 to 1973; destroyed by a terrorist attack on September 11, 2001
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