entering the 21st century Flashcards

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describe three things included in the contract with america

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return to basic values that had built the country
reduce federal government,lower taxes
reduce crime, reform welfare

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what two things would employees be guaranteed with FMLA

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12 workweeks or unpaid leave each year-newborn,serious illness,immediate family
guaranteed job security

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what was the goal of president clinton’s health care program

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to provide universal health care for all americans

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4
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who is james brady

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a press secretary for ronald reagan

was shot during the assassination attempt on reagan

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5
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what did the brady bill do

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made background checks before u could purchase a firearm

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which terrorist group was connected to the work trade center bombing

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al Qaeda, and their leader Osama Bin Ladin- he was not directly connected to the attack

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summarize the oklahoma city bombing

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terrorist attack in oklahoma city in 1995, homemade bomb was concealed in a rental truck and exploded damaging the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building

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who committed the OKC bombing and what was their motive

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Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols

supported the Patriot Movement- an anti government movement

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what 2 reasons were why president clinton was able to win a second term

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the economy was healthy

unemployment was at a 30 year low

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what were two charges president clinton were accused of in his impeachment

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perjury and obstructed justice

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summarize the north american free trade agreement(NAFTA

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US, Canada, Mexico agreed to eliminate trade barriers among the three nations

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12
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which state would determine the election of 2000 and why

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Florida-without it’s electoral votes, neither candidate had 270

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summarize the supreme court ruling bush v. gore

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ruled that hand recounts of selected votes in florida made some votes seem more important than others

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14
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who is Consoleezza Rice

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first women in history to hold job of national security advisor

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who is colin powell

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secretary of state for bush

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who is donald rumsfeld

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secretary of defense

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17
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who is elaine chao

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secretary of labor

18
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describe bushs’ domestic policy

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used clinton surplus to finance tax cuts, concerned with keeping up educationally, passes the No Child Left Behind Act, extended medicare to cover prescription drugs for senior citizens, created a large deficit

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what major problem did iraq face after the Iran-Iraq war, and what act of aggression did Iraq commit to try and solve his problem

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Iraq was in a massive amount of debt, could not rely on their oil supply due to kuwait, kuwait was overproducing oil and Hussein orders a invasion of Kuwait for them not stopping the production of oil

20
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what is Operation Desert Shield

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secured the area to prevent Hussein from launching an invasion on Saudi Arabia

21
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what is Operation Desert Storm

why did the US and coalition forces have the advantage

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aerial offensive that destroyed Iraqs air defense, weapon plants, fighting occurred in flat open area and favored the US military weaponry

22
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how did Hussein try to break up the coalition

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provoked Israel with an attack knowing Arab nations in the coalition would never fight alongside Israel

23
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how did the war change after operation desert storm

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it changed from aerial dominance to the ground with an UN offensive called Operation Desert Sabre

24
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what two terms did Saddam Hussein have to accept at the end of the war

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  1. Iraq would recognize Kuwait’s independence and exsistence as a nation
  2. has to get rid of all weapons of mass destruction
25
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top 5 impacts of the persian gulf war

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  1. Us an their relationship with the middle east was impacted
  2. global terrorism increased
  3. kuwait was recognized as a nation
  4. soldiers returned with health problems
  5. video game war
26
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who was the war in afghanistan between

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the US and the Taliban-islamic group that controlled Afghanistan

27
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what was bush’s war on terror

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the taliban has allowed al-Qaeda in Afghanistan, the US demanded that the Taliban shut down al-Qaeda training camps and arrest al-Qaeda leaders, Taliban refused to and the US launched a military campaign

28
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what was Operation Enduring Freedom

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campaign to invade Afghanistan, series of US and British air strikes against the Taliban

29
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who assisted the US in operation enduring freedom, how did this end

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and Afghani ant- Taliban force, called the Northern Alliance
captured the capital city Kabul and brought the Taliban rule in Afghanistan to an end

30
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what happened after Taliban fell

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some members of the Taliban and al-Qaeda fled to the mountains along Afghanistan’s eastern border with Pakistan-Tora Bora
area was too heavily fortified and the US did not have enough troops available so the jet bombed them and were unable to find bin Laden

31
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how did the US end the war in Afghanistan

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NATO began transferring national peacekeeping and security duties to Afghan forces in 2011, in 2013 president obama said the US would end the war by 2014, but US troops remained in Afghanistan and a ceremony in Kabul marked the formal end of the war

32
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what impact did the Afghanistan war have on the US government

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Bush authorized the creation of the department of homeland security as a new department in the presidents cabinet, also passed the patriot act which allowed the US government to have more power in monitoring suspected terrorists

33
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impacts on the Afghanistan government

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Afghanistan Government became an Islamic Republic, The Taliban continues to threaten the republic government the country has tried hard to build

34
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when was bin Laden finally found and killed

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in 2010 they trace bin Laden to a compound in Abbottabad Pakistan, in 2011 they found the leader in an upstairs bedroom and killed him

35
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who was Osama bin Laden

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created the terrorist group al-Qaeda, assisted he Munahideen against the Soviets

36
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what is al-Qaeda responsible for

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financing the world trade center bombing
bombing in and around US embassies
bombing the USS Cole
9/11 terrorist attacks

37
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what were Osama bin Ladens fatwas

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a religious decree, called on muslims to kill americans and their allies
angered by other nations invading and fighting wars in Islamic nations

38
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why were the 9/11 terrorist attaches committed

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for america’s support of israel

involvement in the persian gulf war and military presence in the middle east

39
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what state were the four planes supposed to land and why did they select these planes

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california- planes were filled with fuel for their long transcontinental journey

40
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what is operation Iraqi Freedom

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a preemptive war because they felt Iraq was still interfering with inspections and still kept WMDs and because Saddam Hussein refused to leave Iraq

41
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what were the goals of operation Iraqi freedom

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remove saddam Hussein from power in Iraq
eliminate Hussein’s ability to develop weapons of mass destruction and use them with terrorists
replace hussein’s violent dictatorship with a more stable free government