Chapter 28 Flashcards
vice president for George w. bush (2001-2009)
Richard Cheney
secretary of defense during 1st term and beginning of second term
Donald Rumsfield
Bush’s national sectreatry advisor
Condoleezza Rice
Former prime minitser of UK
Tony Blair
Former prime minster of Australia
John Howard
Leader of Taliban
Mullah Omar
Seriously disturbed dear leader of North Korea
Kim Jong Li
Vice president candidate for Republican Party in 2008 for John McCain
Sarah Palin
Obamas attorney general
Eric Holder
Current leader of North Korea
Kim Jonh Un
President of Russia
Vladimar Putin
Current speaker of the house from Ohio
John Boechener
Current brand new member of the senate
Mitch McConnell
terrorist organization responsible for 9/11
Al Qaeda
organization that took over government in Afghanistan
Taliban
respiratory disease attacking farm animals and can be contracted to human beings
anthrax
weapons of mass destruction
biochemical/nuclear weapons
law permitting factories to sell credit that permits an amount of pollution to companies that emit more
cap and trade
process in which fluids are pumped under high pressure to reach extract oil from shale
hydraulic fracturing
temporary increase of troop levels in spring 2007
surge
spending measures added to apporations bill for benefit of single state or congressional district
filibuster
terrorist organization that wishes to spread Islam across the world and kill all who disagree
ISIS
detention center for terrorists
Guantanamo Bay
Hit New Orleans in 2005
Katrina
hit most of New Jersey; happened during the week before Obama’s reelection for 2nd term
Sandy
George W. Bush’s domestic policy initiatives (7)
- tax cuts
- faith-based initiatives
- ANWR & offshore oil drilling
- No Child Left Behind
- vouchers for private school
- prescription drug plan for medicare
- “immigration reform”- amnesty
Hemisphere nations Bush’s foreign policy initiatives (4)
- bring War on Terror to the enemy
- stop Saddam from producing biochem & nuke weapons
- prevent North Korea & Iran from developing nukes
- free trade with West
Approximate number of innocent people killed on 9/11
• 3,000
Contents of UN Security Council Resolution #1441
• you must hand over or destroy any weapons of mass destruction that you have or you will face the use of force
Countries that contributed troops to the U.S.-led coalition against Iraq (10)
- Australia
- Britain
- Italy
- Japan
- The Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Poland
- South Korea
- Spain
- Ukraine
Locations of terrorist attacks on 11 March 2004 and 7 July 2005; details
- 11 March 2004: Madrid- bombs exploded near trains because they wanted to scare people into not voting for governor who helped us
- 7 July 2005 : London- bombs went off underground and on a bus where many people died to intimidate them
Categories whose members may be considered victims of “hate crimes” (8)
- gender
- gender identity
- sexual orientation
- race
- religion
- national origin
- age
- disability
Barack Obama’s foreign policy initiatives (8)
- continue the war in Afghanistan
- bringing home troops home from Iraq
- close detention center in Guantanamo
- negotiate with Iran & “moderate elements” of the Taliban
- “reach out” to Islamic nations
- “mend fences” with Europeans
- arms control talks with Russia
- improve relations with Cuba & Venezuela
Location of attempted terrorist bombing on 1 May 2010; perpetrators?
- Times Square
* Pakistani American
Location of the killing of Osama Bin Laden; by whom was it accomplished?
• Abbottabab by Pakistan Naval Seals
Obama’s domestic policy goals (5)
- government takeover of health insurance industry
- tax increases
- end voucher system in D.C.
- renewable energy sources (wind, solar)
- regulate as pollutants- CO2 & Dust
Controversial decision made by the Justice Department in 2009
will not pursue violation of civil rights cases if victim is white
Obamacare Examples of Obama’s defiance of Congress, the courts, and the Constitution
- defiance of court-ordered end to moratorium on Gul oil-drilling
- making recess appts. when Congress not in recess
- non-enforcement of fed immigration law
- executive orders which exceed his authority under Constitution
- suspension of requirement that folks on unemployment must look for work
- repeated changes to provisions of Obamacare
Energy independance for US -possible?
Yes; enough oil deposits
Current national debt; projected debt in 2025
18.5 trillion and 26.3 trillion
Main difference between conservatives and liberals
liberals- huge gov.
conservatives- small and limited gov.
