The United States in Today's World - Chapter 34 Flashcards
To summarize the political and social events of the 1990s and early 2000s.
42nd president
William Jefferson Clinton
Texas billionaire who was a third-party candidate in 1992 election
H. Ross Perot
First Lady and health-care reformer
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Trade agreement between Canada, Mexico, and the United States
NAFTA
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Newt Gingritch
Republican plan for political reform
Contract with America
Independent counsel who investigated Clinton
Kenneth Starr
Clinton’s vice-president, and Democratic candidate in 2000 election
Al Gore
43rd president of U.S.
George W. Bush
The part of the economy where businesses provide services rather than material goods
Service sector
To reduce the number of workers on staff
Downsize
Extremely successful owner of Microsoft, a computer software company
Bill Gates
The technology-dominated stock index
NASDAQ
Internet related business
Dotcom
International trade agreement
GATT
Popular name for a proposed computer network
Information superhighway
Worldwide computer network
Internet
The ability of people to work out of their homes
Telecommute
Controversial law to reform the communications industry
Telecommunications Act
Method of changing the genes of living cells
Genetic engineering
Movement of people away from cities
Urban flight
The rehabilitation of old neighborhoods and displacement of lower income people
Gentrification
California law which cut benefits to illegal immigrants
Proposition 187
