US Hist U10 Part 1

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This deck covers significant events, policies, and figures in recent US history, including political, economic, and social developments.

The Chinese government killed, injured, and arrested protestors at _________.

Tiananmen Square
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The Chinese government killed, injured, and arrested protestors at _________.
Tiananmen Square
President George H. W. Bush was forced to raise ___________, though he had promised not to do so.
taxes
The ___ was captured and boarded by Cambodians in 1975.
Mayaguez
Gerald Ford became President when ___.
President Nixon resigned from office
President Nixon resigned from office
Mikhail Gorbachev
_______, the leader of Iraq, authorized an invasion of Kuwait.
Saddam Hussein

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TermDefinition
The Chinese government killed, injured, and arrested protestors at _________.
Tiananmen Square
President George H. W. Bush was forced to raise ___________, though he had promised not to do so.
taxes
The ___ was captured and boarded by Cambodians in 1975.
Mayaguez
Gerald Ford became President when ___.
President Nixon resigned from office
President Nixon resigned from office
Mikhail Gorbachev
_______, the leader of Iraq, authorized an invasion of Kuwait.
Saddam Hussein
The ___ ensured that the Soviet Union and its bloc would respect the human rights of its citizens.
Helsinki Accords
The United States did not participate in the ___ in 1980.
Olympic games
President Reagan’s supply-side economic policies were called ___.
Reaganomics
President Carter created a new department and a new Cabinet-level position that dealt with ___.
energy
a treaty signed by Jimmy Carter and the Soviet Union limiting nuclear weapons
SALT II
a policy of openness
glasnost
Soviet plans for restructuring
perestoika
a national organization of gun owners
NRA
a day when the stock market lost $500 billion
Black Monday
Nicaraguan freedom fighters
contras
____________ was torn down in 1989.
The Berlin Wall
a framework for agreements between Israel and Egypt
Camp David Accords
President Ford’s program to defeat inflation
WIN
the nation’s 200th birthday
bicentennial
a tax placed on oil company profits
windfall profits tax
____________ was the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court.
Sandra Day O’Connor
The _________ was passed in the early 1990s to help the disabled.
ADA
Americans from the U.S. embassy in which country were held hostage for 444 days?
Iran
President Reagan's program for returning authority to the states was called ___.
New Federalism
President Ford faced criticism for his pardon of President .
Nixon
During his term in office, President Ford vetoed ____ bills.
more than 50
Oil prices rose because of disagreements between _ nations.
OPEC
__, the dictator of Panama, was arrested and faced drug charges in the United States.
Manuel Noreiga
The was forced to pay for losses by depositors in savings and loan institutions.
FSLIC
President Carter gave up U.S. control of the ___.
Panama Canal
The state of __ determined the outcome of the 2000 election.
Florida
A coalition of nations led by the United States entered Iraq partly because they believed the nation to be holding _.
WMD
President Obama, the first Black President of the United States, appointed the first ___ Supreme Court Justice, Sonia Sotomayor.
Hispanic
law enforcement needed more authority to fight terrorism
Patriot Act
new funding and guidelines for public education
No Child Left Behind
The _______ requires developed nations to reduce carbon emissions.
Kyoto Protocol
President Obama sought to close ___, the prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
GItmo
Operation Neptune's _ was designed to capture or kill Osama bin Laden.
Spear
The leader of Al-Qaeda, who planned the attacks on the U.S. on 9/11 was ___.
Osama bin Laden
A new agency formed to fight terrorism was the ___.
Department of Homeland Security
The Contract with America was sponsored by ___.
Newt Gingrich
The handling of the aftermath of __ led to criticism of George W. Bush's administration.
Hurricane Katrina
insurance coverage for uninsured children
Children's Health Insurance
made handguns more difficult to purchase
Brady Bill