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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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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
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 |