Period 9 Vocab Flashcards
War in the this region triggered by Iraq’s invvasion of Kuwait. An international coalition led by teh US defeated Iraqi forces and liberated Kuwait from Iraqui control.
Persian Gulf War 1991
Agreement signed in Dayton, Ohio, by three rival ethnic groups in BOsnia pledged to end a four year old civil war
Dayton Agreement 1995
NATO bombings of Yugoslavia led to the withdrawl of Yugoslav forces from Kosovo and put an end to the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s.
Bombing of Yugoslavia
Terrorist network established by Saudi Osama bin Laden in 1989 that organizes militant Islamic groups that seek to remove foreigners from Islamic holy land and to unite all Islamic lnds
Al Qauda
Organization of Muslim fundamentalists that gained control over Afganistan in 1996 after the Soviet Union withdrew, established a strict Islamic Governemtn
Taliban
Attacks on the World Trae Center in NYC and the Pentagon in DC that killed 3000 people and started the US War on Terrorism
Attacks of September 11 2001
Law that reduced constraints on the Justice Department and other law enforcement agencies in dealing with individuals who were suspected of being linked to teerrorists
Patriot Act 2001
Cabinet level department created after the attacks of 9/11 to protect hte US and its territories from to terrorist attacks, man made accidents, and natual disasters
Department of Homeland Security 2001
After the terrorst attacks of 9/11 2001, NATO forces led by the US entered Afganistan to dismantle al Qaeda and eliminate its safe haven by memoving the Tailiba from power
War in Afganistan 2001
Invasion of Iraq led by the uS followed by a longer phase of fighting in which an insurgency emerged to oppose the occupying forces and a newly formed Iraqi govt
Iraq War 2003-11
Description for the Northeastern sttes that have experienced economic decline, population loss, and urban decay due to the loss of industry
Rust Belt
Agreement between the US, Canada, and Mexico that elimitated most tariffs and other trade barriers
North American Free Trade Agreement 1993
A centrist approach to governance advocated by Bill Clinton that sought to achieve liberal objectives (equal opportunity and making work pay) through conservative mesans (minimal govt regualtin and govt support of business)
The third Way
Although a law reforming the health care system was rejected under Presidnet Clinton, a law establishing near univeral health care coverage was passed under Obama
Affordable Care Act 2010
The management and processing of information with computers and other forms of telecommunications. Created an economic boom in the 1990s, provididng the US with the longest period of economic expansion in its history.
Information technology
