Chapter 29 and 30 Flashcards
First femal Supreme Court Justice
Sandra Day O’Connor
Marine Colonel implicated in the Iran scandal
Oliver North
Chief Justice of the US (1986-2005)
William Rehnquist
Last General Secretary of the Soviet Union (whose reforms helped bring about its final course)
Mikhail Gorbachev
Commander of the US- led invasion of Iraq
Norman Schwarzkopf
Reform presidential candidate
H. Ross Perot
Republican Speaker of the House during the administration of William Clinton
Newt Gingrich
Terrorist who killed 168 peopole while blowing-up a federal office building
Timothy McVeigh
Israeli Prime Minister who signed a meaningless treaty with the “Palestinians”
Yitzhak Rabin
Creator of the largest chain of discount stores in the US
Sam Walton
Creator of the PC
Steve Jobs
Founder of amazon.com
Jess Bezos
Theory that sizeable tax cuts will stimulate the economy by putting more cash in the hands of the consumer
Supply-side
Reagns controversial space-based missile-defense program, know to its sarcastic critics as “Star Wars”
Strategic Defense Initiative
The invasion of Iraq by the US and its allies during the Persian Gulf War of 1991
Operation Desert Storm
The conservative agenda proposed by the Republican Party during the 1994 midterm elections
Contract with America
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
Ethnic cleansing
To lie uner oath in a court of law
perjury
The world’s first computer
ENIAC
The network that allows all computers linked to the internet to communicate and exchange information
Worldwide Web
The location of pro-democracy demonstrations against the chinese communist government in 1989
Tiananmen Square
The terrorist bombing of a federal building in 1995 that resulted in the deaths of 168 people occured in
Oklahoma City
The treaty that proposed eliminating tariffs and other barriers to trade between the US, Canada, and Mexico is the
North American Free Trade Agreement
The Orginization that keeps to expand international commerce, and mediate trade disputes between nations
World Trade Organization
The US naval vessel attacked by terrorists in Yemen was the
USS Cole
Ronald Reegan’s forigen policy initiatives
Not: obtaining the release of our hostages in Iran
George H Bush’s foreign policy initiatives
Not: Permanent suspension of armed shipments to the peoples Republic of China
Bill Clinton’s foreign policy initiatives
Not: Seeking the capture of Osama Bin Laden
Clinton’s domestic policy successes
Not: a mojor overhaul of the national healthcare system
Provisions of the Personal Responsibility & Work Opportunity Reconciliation
Not: it expanded the food stamp program and increased benefits for recents immigrants
Provisions of the Immigration Control and reform Act of 1986 (3)
- Penalties for employers
- border controls
- administration test for aliens
Provisions of the Immigration reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (4)
- income higher than poverty level
- fence on mexican border
- 5000 border patrol agents
- tougher penalties
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
true
T/F: The event that led to the collapse of the soviet union was the tearing down of the Berlin Wall
true
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
False
T/F: The US embassies attacked by terrorists in 1998 were located in East Africa
True
T/F: The impeachment charges filed against President Clintion were for perjury, encouraging perjury, and obstruction of justice
False
T/F: The internet originated as a secure means of communication between the military and defense-related research facilities
True
