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126-169 Flashcards

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Wounded knee

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AIM occupied this small town demanding radical changes in government on reservations

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Shirley Chisholm

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American politician, Decatur and author in 1968 she became the first African-American woman elected to US Congress

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OPEC (Organization petroleum exporting countries)

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Aims to manage the supplier oil in an effort to set the price of oil on the world market

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Rachel Carson

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Marine biologist who wrote silent Spring discussing the increasing use of pesticides

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Jesse Jackon

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Funded people united to save humanity

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Rehabilitation act of 1973

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Prohibits Discrimination on the basis of disability in programs run by federal agencies

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Archibald Cox

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American lawyer, legal scholar and Professor who’s career between academics and government. He becomes one of the early experts in federal labor law

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Saturday night Massacre

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Political commentators tour for US President Richard Nixon dismissal of independent special prosecutor

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Watergate

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I need your political scandal that occurred in US in 1970s following DNC headquarters and Watergate office complex in Washington DC and President Richard Nixon admin attempted to cover up all of its invdment

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Tiananmen Square

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Protest of 1989 commonly known in Chinese as June fourth incident

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Strategic Defense Initiative

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Initiated on March 23, 1983 under President Reagan. It prevented a missile attack from other countries specifically the Soviet Union

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perestroika

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A policy or practice of reforming the economical and political system

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Detente

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Easing of hostility or straining relations especially between countries

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Oliver North

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American political commentator and television host, military storing, New York best-selling author

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Sandra Day O’Connor

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Retired assistant Justice of Supreme Court of US serving from her appointment in 1981 by Ronald Ragan until her retirement in 2006

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Supply side economics

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Economic growth can be most efficiently created by investigating and capital, and by lowering barriers on the production of goods and services

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Moral majority

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Was a prominent American political or new Seshan assisted with Christian right and republican party

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Grenda

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A Caribbean country comprising of a main island and six more owns

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Reagan doctrine

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A strategy of chest and implemented by the us under Reagan administration to over when the global influence of Soviet Union during the final years of the Cold War

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Amnesty

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Granting illegal immigrants to be able to be here

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Global warming

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A term used describe the gradual increase in average temperature of earths atmosphere

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Personal computer

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Small relatively inexpensive computer designed for individual user

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Cell phones

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A portable cordless telephone for use in a cellular system

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Ethnic cleansing

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A mass expulsion or killing of members of an unwanted ethnic religious group in society

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Ms. DOS

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Acronym for Microsoft disk operating system in an operating system for a 86 based personal computers mostly developed Microsoft

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Perjury

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Offense of willfully telling untruths and a quarter after hauling taken an oath of affirmation

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Slobodan miloseuic

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A Serbian any vogolav politician Who was president of Serbia from 1989 to 1991

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Yasser Arafat

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Known as Konyi Abu ammar was a Palestinian leader

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Yitzhak Rabin

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Is really politician, statesmen and general. Fifth prime minister of Israel serving two terms in 1974 to 1978 was assassinated in 1985

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Benjamin Netanyahu

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“Bibi” is current prime minister of Israel serves as a member of Knesset and chairman of Likud party

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Joseph Lieberman

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American politician in former US senator from Connecticut former member of Democratic Party

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Saddam Hussein

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Fifth president of Iraq serving in thrxisapa city from July 16th until April 2003

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John Edwards

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American and former politician who served as US senator for North Carolina

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Donald Rumsfeld

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American politician and businessman. Rhumfield served 13th secretary of defense from 1975 to 1978

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John Roberts

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Current Chief Justice of United States he took a seat on September 29, 2005 nominated by President George W. Bush

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Hamid karzai

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Served as president of Afghanistan for almost 10 years from December 2004 to September 2014

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Taliban

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Islamic fundamentalist political movement in Afghanistan currently waiting more within the country

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Avis de evil

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After repeated it throughout his presidency to describe government that he accused of helping terrorism and serving weapons of mass destruction

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Patriot act

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Congress that was signed into law by President George W. Bush on October 26 2001

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Osama bin Laden

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Organization that claimed responsibility of September 11 attacks US was numerous mass casualties

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Marion Barry

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American bald Titian you served as second mayor of district of Columbia

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Barack Obama

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44th president of US first African-American president in office as well as first president born outside of the United States

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Alan freed

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Moon dog American disc jockey radio show

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