1990's and Beyond

Question 1

H. Ross Perot

Answer 1

presidential candidate in 1992 and 1996

Question 2

Brady Bill

Answer 2

a provision of US federal law that requires a waiting period for handgun purchases and background checks on those who wish to purchase handguns

Question 3

Kenneth Starr

Answer 3

carried out controversial investigation of figures during the Clinton administration

Question 4

Newt Gingrich

Answer 4

candidate for 2012 presidential nomination

Question 5

globalization

Answer 5

the process of international integration arising from the interchange of world views, products, ideas, and other aspects of culture

Question 6

NAFTA

Answer 6

an agreement among the United States, Canada and Mexico designed to remove tariff barriers between the three countries; North American Free Trade Agreement

Question 7

Greenspan

Answer 7

first person to have been appointed to five consecutive terms as the Fed’s chairman

Question 8

Columbine Shooting

Answer 8

school shooting which occurred on April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado

Question 9

Oklahoma City Bombing

Answer 9

domestic terrorist bomb attack on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995

Question 10

No Child Left Behind

Answer 10

a reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which included Title I, the government’s flagship aid program for disadvantaged students

Question 11

al Qaeda

Answer 11

a radical Sunni Muslim organization dedicated to the elimination of a Western presence in Arab countries and militantly opposed to Western foreign policy

Question 12

Saddam Hussein

Answer 12

5th president of Iraq

Question 13

Osama bin Laden

Answer 13

terrorist extremist who planned the attacks on the World Trade Center and is intent on driving Western influence from the Muslim world