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Chapter 29 and 30 Flashcards

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First femal Supreme Court Justice

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Sandra Day O’Connor

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Marine Colonel implicated in the Iran scandal

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Oliver North

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Chief Justice of the US (1986-2005)

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William Rehnquist

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Last General Secretary of the Soviet Union (whose reforms helped bring about its final course)

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Mikhail Gorbachev

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Commander of the US- led invasion of Iraq

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Norman Schwarzkopf

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Reform presidential candidate

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H. Ross Perot

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Republican Speaker of the House during the administration of William Clinton

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Newt Gingrich

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Terrorist who killed 168 peopole while blowing-up a federal office building

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Timothy McVeigh

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Israeli Prime Minister who signed a meaningless treaty with the “Palestinians”

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Yitzhak Rabin

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Creator of the largest chain of discount stores in the US

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Sam Walton

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Creator of the PC

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Steve Jobs

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Founder of amazon.com

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Jess Bezos

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Theory that sizeable tax cuts will stimulate the economy by putting more cash in the hands of the consumer

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Supply-side

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Reagns controversial space-based missile-defense program, know to its sarcastic critics as “Star Wars”

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Strategic Defense Initiative

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The invasion of Iraq by the US and its allies during the Persian Gulf War of 1991

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Operation Desert Storm

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The conservative agenda proposed by the Republican Party during the 1994 midterm elections

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Contract with America

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The attempt by Serbian forces to rid Bosnia and Herzegovina of its Muslim population, either by killing them or driving them away, is an example of

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Ethnic cleansing

18
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To lie uner oath in a court of law

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perjury

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The world’s first computer

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ENIAC

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The network that allows all computers linked to the internet to communicate and exchange information

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Worldwide Web

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The location of pro-democracy demonstrations against the chinese communist government in 1989

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Tiananmen Square

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The terrorist bombing of a federal building in 1995 that resulted in the deaths of 168 people occured in

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Oklahoma City

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The treaty that proposed eliminating tariffs and other barriers to trade between the US, Canada, and Mexico is the

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North American Free Trade Agreement

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The Orginization that keeps to expand international commerce, and mediate trade disputes between nations

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World Trade Organization

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The US naval vessel attacked by terrorists in Yemen was the

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USS Cole

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Ronald Reegan’s forigen policy initiatives

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Not: obtaining the release of our hostages in Iran

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George H Bush’s foreign policy initiatives

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Not: Permanent suspension of armed shipments to the peoples Republic of China

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Bill Clinton’s foreign policy initiatives

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Not: Seeking the capture of Osama Bin Laden

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Clinton’s domestic policy successes

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Not: a mojor overhaul of the national healthcare system

30
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Provisions of the Personal Responsibility & Work Opportunity Reconciliation

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Not: it expanded the food stamp program and increased benefits for recents immigrants

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Provisions of the Immigration Control and reform Act of 1986 (3)

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  1. Penalties for employers
  2. border controls
  3. administration test for aliens
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Provisions of the Immigration reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (4)

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  1. income higher than poverty level
  2. fence on mexican border
  3. 5000 border patrol agents
  4. tougher penalties
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T/F: The scandla that occured during Reagans second term involved the scale of weapons to Iran with the profits of being used to arm anti communist rebels in Nicaragua

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true

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T/F: The event that led to the collapse of the soviet union was the tearing down of the Berlin Wall

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true

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T/F: President Bush was defeated for reelection in 1992 because of the poor performance of the economy and the presence of a strong third party candidate

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False

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T/F: The US embassies attacked by terrorists in 1998 were located in East Africa

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True

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T/F: The impeachment charges filed against President Clintion were for perjury, encouraging perjury, and obstruction of justice

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False

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T/F: The internet originated as a secure means of communication between the military and defense-related research facilities

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True

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