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42 Cards in this Set
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1992 election
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Bush vs. Clinton
Clinton won |
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Why did clinton win
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promised to move ppl off welfare and increase growth in private businesses
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healthcare
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create an affordable healthcare plan for all, lacked medial insuranceappointed Hillary Clinton to head of the team to create this plan.
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economic ideas
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cut spending, lowered taxes, and developed programs aid to help childern and improve healthcare.
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welfare reform/bill
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bill proposed to place limits on how long ppl could receive benefits. gave states a set dollar amount that could be used
on welfare and social concerns. |
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columbine high school
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school shooting, 12 students killed & 1 teacher,Many called for gun control and
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1993 world trade center
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terrorist exploded bombs in the world trade center.
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oklahoma city bombing
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timothy mcveigh
blew up bombs in a federal office killing 168 ppl. He was found guilty and was sentenced to death |
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9/11 terrorists attacks
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terrorist attack:
twin towers pentagon and farm ----security changed |
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russia relations
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cooperated on economic and -upset with the US when we got involved in the war Yugoslavia and protested against russia's attacks on Chechnya.
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relations with china
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-strained.
put pressure on china to give its citizens more democratic rights, ddnt happen |
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foreign policy: Haiti
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helped haiti with democratic govt
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foreign policy: Yugoslavia
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broke apart into five nations
-US helped negotiate peace. Clinton sent US troops to join nato troops to help ensure this new deal. |
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NAFTA(NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT)
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global trade
-mexico increase -mexico with canada/us |
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WTO(World trade org.)
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promotes trade and economic dev.
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Contract with america: Goals
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-congressional turn limits
-balanced budget -tax cuts -tougher crime law/welfare reform |
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Newt Gingrich
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contract w/ america is his document
wanted to turn ppl republican |
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1996 election
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Clinton Vs. Dole
Clinton won |
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clinton impeachment
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1.accused of improperly using money for his campaign(white water dev. company)
2. lied under oath about an affair with white house intern |
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2000 election
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al gore(D) & George w. bush (R)
BUSH WON |
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2000 election controversy
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thought someone rigged the votes
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anti-terrorism bill
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too $ and appropriated it for homeland security
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war against Iraq
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trying to remove weapons of mass destruction & bring housain to justice
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War against Afghanistan
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US bombed afghanistan because they were secretly keeping Housain
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No Child left behind
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education reform bill
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Election 2004
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john kerry vs Bush
Bush won |
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service sector
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growth of jobs(businesses, people who provide service to consumers
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downsize
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hiring jobs-trimdown payroll---steamline opperations, increases profit
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decline in industry/labor unions
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professional workers-no need for unions
low wage workers feared losing jobs |
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bill gates
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microsoft- wealthiest man
revolutionized tech |
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dotcoms
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high tech businesses
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GATT
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general agreement on terrorist trade
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information super highway internet
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Internet,linking people and companies together---computer
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telecommunications act of 1996
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removed barriers prevented a type of communications company from starting up or buying another related one.
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space exploration
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NASA's pathfinder, transmitted pictures
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genetic engineering
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artificial changing of cells. This aroused public concern. scientists proved that it was safe
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biotechnology
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effort to map genes of the body
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AIDS progress
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AIDS patients were treated with therapies
public health official advocated abstinence and safer sex to control the spread of HIV. Even with this it was a growing problem. |
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urban flight
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american left cities and moved to suburbs
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gentrification
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purchased poor condition urban homes
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Shifting population
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immigration---more people different places
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proposition 187
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cut all education and non emergency health benefits to illegal immigrants. (UNCONSTITUTIONAL)
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